Hightail

Verb

 * usually, with it; see hightail it.


 * 1) To retreat quickly.
 * As soon as she arrived, I hightailed it out of there.

Synonyms

 * flee, skedaddle
 * gambol

Thesaurus
begone, bound, canter, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, flee, fly, fox-trot, gallop, get, git, hop, hop along, hotfoot, kite, leap, lope, make tracks, run, run along, run away, run away from, run off, scram, skedaddle, spring, sprint, step, step along, step lively, take off, take to flight, trip, trot, vamoose

Etymology
Refers to behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.