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hightail it out of
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hightail it out of (somewhere)
Rur. to run or ride a horse away from somewhere fast; to leave in a hurry. (Typically heard in western movies.) Here comes the sheriff. We'd better hightail it out of here. Look at that guy go. He really hightailed it out of town.
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Rather, he preferred to hightail it around the soccer pitch scoring goals and winning games.
t really very appealing, and who can blame us Even when it looks sunny, you take one step outdoors and you soon hightail it back for a jumper With the weather still cold and generally gloomy (bit like the country?
As most businesses found out, the fear that customers would hightail it for bars and taverns in other towns where they could light up proved a myth.
 
 
 
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