hightail

Etymology

From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.

verb

1. (informal, chiefly Canada, US, usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat.
   He hightailed it toward town.
   I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.
   When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing. 2008, Dave Klein, The Game of Their Lives: The 1958 NFL Championship, page 217