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Hightailed | Hightail | Hightailing

Hightailed meaning

simple past and past participle of hightail

Using Hightailed

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of hightail
  • In the example corpus, hightailed often appears in combinations such as: hightailed it, they hightailed.

Context around Hightailed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

samuel 1×

Sentence patterns with Hightailed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and they hightailed it out 1× publicized they hightailed it out 1× say i hightailed it out 1× though samuel hightailed it to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

despite their names 1× i told two 1× needless to say 1× samuel howe was 1×

Common sentence endings:

hightailed it out 1× on harpers ferry 1× ongoing it seems 1×

Words around Hightailed

Just before it in the word index:

hightail 3 hight 9 highstreet 4 highspots 2 highspot 3 highspeedinternet 2

Just after it in the word index:

hightailing 3 hightech 2 hightide 2 highton 11 hightower 135 hightowers 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Hightailed

  • In this selection, "hightailed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, samuel stand out and add context to how "hightailed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and they hightailed it out and publicized they hightailed it out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hightailed" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hightailed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Needless to say I hightailed it out of there. (9 words)

I told two of them I was Catholic once and they hightailed it out. (14 words)

Samuel Howe was also one of the “Secret Six” who bought John Brown his rifles, though Samuel hightailed it to Canada after the failure of Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. (31 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite their names or aliases being publicized, they hightailed it out of the country and didn't put in an appearance at these two trials (the one for the Vietnamese woman is ongoing it seems). (35 words)

Samuel Howe was also one of the “Secret Six” who bought John Brown his rifles, though Samuel hightailed it to Canada after the failure of Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. (31 words)

I told two of them I was Catholic once and they hightailed it out. (14 words)

Example sentences (4)

Despite their names or aliases being publicized, they hightailed it out of the country and didn't put in an appearance at these two trials (the one for the Vietnamese woman is ongoing it seems).

I told two of them I was Catholic once and they hightailed it out.

Needless to say I hightailed it out of there.

Samuel Howe was also one of the “Secret Six” who bought John Brown his rifles, though Samuel hightailed it to Canada after the failure of Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry.

Common combinations with hightailed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hightailed" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite their names or aliases being publicized, they hightailed it out of the country and didn't put in an appearance at these two trials (the one for the Vietnamese woman is ongoing it seems)." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "hightailed" from authentic English texts.
What does "hightailed" mean?
Hightailed means: simple past and past participle of hightail
How many example sentences with "hightailed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "hightailed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.