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Verb: hightail  'hI,teyl
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Leave as fast as possible
    "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"
Verb: high-tail  'hI,teyl
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Retreat at full speed
    "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant"

Derived forms: hightailing, hightailed, high-tailed, high-tailing, hightails, high-tails

Type of: cut and run, flee, fly, go away, go forth, leave, take flight

Nearest

high-sounding
high-speed
high-speed steel
high-spirited
high-spiritedness
high-stepped
high-stepping
high-strength brass
high-strung
high-sudsing
hightail
hightail it
high-tech
high-tension
high-ticket
high-toned
high-top
high-topped
high-up
high-velocity