"hightail" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

IPA: \ˈhaɪ.teɪl\ Audio: En-us-hightail.ogg , En-au-hightail.ogg Forms: to hightail [infinitive], hightails [present, third-person, singular], hightailed [preterite], hightailed [participle, past], hightailing [participle, present]
  1. Se retirer à toute vitesse.
    Sense id: fr-hightail-en-verb-7QmBy3VR Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flee, hightail it, skedaddle Derived forms: hightail it

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de high et de tail.",
    "De l'apparence de bétails et cerfs qui fuient, avec leur queue en haut."
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