hightails
Runs off fast
Hightails means leaves quickly, usually to escape or avoid something: She hightailed it out of there before anyone could ask questions.
The image comes from animals like deer or rabbits raising their tails as they flee.
Almost always appears as hightail it, with the destination sometimes following: They hightailed it to the border.
Brief maximum-speed runs
zips · bolts · gallops · streaks · barrels · blazes · whizzes · rockets
Threaded metal fasteners
- skedaddlesDeparts quickly, informally
- vamooseDepart hastily
- abscondsEscapes secretly, often guiltily
- decampsDeparts hastily, often secretly
scrams · scoots · lams · beats it · makes tracks · takes flight · flies the coop · ducks out
sprints
Brief maximum-speed runs
zooms · zips · bolts · gallops · streaks · barrels · blazes · whizzes · rockets · scampers
bolts
Threaded metal fasteners
- skedaddlesDeparts quickly, informally
- vamooseDepart hastily
- abscondsEscapes secretly, often guiltily
decamps · scrams · scoots · lams · beats it · makes tracks · takes flight · flies the coop · ducks out · runs off
dodges
Evades with quick movement
skirts · ducks · averts · shuns · escapes · loses · ditches · shakes off
- hightail itDepart with urgency
- hightailed itDeparted very quickly
- hightailing itDeparting very quickly