Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hightail
Participle: hightailed
Gerund: hightailing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | hightail |
| you | hightail |
| he;she;it | hightails |
| we | hightail |
| you | hightail |
| they | hightail |
Perfect
| I | have hightailed |
| you | have hightailed |
| he;she;it | has hightailed |
| we | have hightailed |
| you | have hightailed |
| they | have hightailed |
Past
| I | hightailed |
| you | hightailed |
| he;she;it | hightailed |
| we | hightailed |
| you | hightailed |
| they | hightailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hightailed |
| you | had hightailed |
| he;she;it | had hightailed |
| we | had hightailed |
| you | had hightailed |
| they | had hightailed |
Future
| I | will hightail |
| you | will hightail |
| he;she;it | will hightail |
| we | will hightail |
| you | will hightail |
| they | will hightail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have hightailed |
| you | will have hightailed |
| he;she;it | will have hightailed |
| we | will have hightailed |
| you | will have hightailed |
| they | will have hightailed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hightail |
| you | hightail |
| he;she;it | hightail |
| we | hightail |
| you | hightail |
| they | hightail |
Perfect
| I | have hightailed |
| you | have hightailed |
| he;she;it | have hightailed |
| we | have hightailed |
| you | have hightailed |
| they | have hightailed |
Imperfect
| I | hightailed |
| you | hightailed |
| he;she;it | hightailed |
| we | hightailed |
| you | hightailed |
| they | hightailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had hightailed |
| you | had hightailed |
| he;she;it | had hightailed |
| we | had hightailed |
| you | had hightailed |
| they | had hightailed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hightail |
| you | would hightail |
| he;she;it | would hightail |
| we | would hightail |
| you | would hightail |
| they | would hightail |
Perfect
| I | would have hightailed |
| you | would have hightailed |
| he;she;it | would have hightailed |
| we | would have hightailed |
| you | would have hightailed |
| they | would have hightailed |
Imperative
| you | hightail |
| we | Let's hightail |
| you | hightail |
Verbs conjugated like 'hightail'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hightail'
fishtail,
highball,
highjack,
hight,
intail,
airmail,
bangtail,
betail,
bobtail,
cocktail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, do a bunk, flee, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, scram, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.
Sample Sentences
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He hightailed it toward town.
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I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
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When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing. [2008, Dave Klein, The Game of Their Lives: The 1958 NFL Championship, page 217:]