"high-tail" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: high-tails [present, singular, third-person], high-tailing [participle, present], high-tailed [participle, past], high-tailed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} high-tail (third-person singular simple present high-tails, present participle high-tailing, simple past and past participle high-tailed)
  1. Alternative spelling of hightail. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hightail
    Sense id: en-high-tail-en-verb-uq3zV0p6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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