HIGHTAIL
hightail, high-tail
(verb) retreat at full speed; “The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hightail (third-person singular simple present hightails, present participle hightailing, simple past and past participle hightailed); usually with it; see hightail it.
(usually, transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.
Synonyms
• (move quickly): skedaddle
Source: Wiktionary
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MASQUERADE
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