Translations for „hightail“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . ˈhigh·tail esp Am VB intr inf

hightail

abhauen inf

hightail

[schnell] verduften FRG sl

we'd better hightail out of here

wir sollten besser von hier verduften sl

II . ˈhigh·tail esp Am VB trans inf

to hightail it

abhauen sl

to hightail it

sich acc aus dem Staub machen inf

to hightail it out of town

aus der Stadt verschwinden inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to hightail it

sich acc aus dem Staub machen inf

we'd better hightail out of here

wir sollten besser von hier verduften sl

to hightail it out of town

aus der Stadt verschwinden inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Leo hightails it outta there, back to his sister's place.

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Do they really believe the owner will hang on to their antique instead of hightailing it to the nearest auction house?

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Most hikers would hightail it upon spotting two snakes fighting on a path.

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Hightail recently added a new, real-time project dashboard that keeps the entire team on the same page, seamlessly moving forward across multiple projects.

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Then he'd hightail it homeward to bask in the pilfered glory.

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If you inadvertently wander into the danger zone, your colleagues can alert you to hightail it out of there.

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I grabbed my wine and hightailed it to the cash register.

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Every time his leg moved, we were ready to jump up and just hightail it out of there.

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They both hightailed it to the food area and returned with full plates which they emptied with gusto.

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She grabs an envelope with her name on it and hightails it out of there.

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