كيف تنطق "hightail it out of somewhere"

expression

HY-tail it OWT uhv SUM-wehr

HY-tail it OWT ov SUM-weh

التعريف

To leave a place very quickly, usually because you are frightened or want to avoid trouble.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈhaɪ.teɪl/ /ˈɪt/, /ɪt/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈsəmˌwɛɹ

الإنجليزية البريطانية

hˈaɪteɪl/ /ˈɪt/ /ˈaʊt/ /ˈɒv/ /sˈʌmweə

أمريكي

HY-tail it OWT uhv SUM-wehr

بريطاني

HY-tail it OWT ov SUM-weh

As soon as the fire alarm rang, everyone hightailed it out of the building.

When they saw the police, the teenagers hightailed it out of the park.

The dog started barking, so the cat hightailed it out of the yard.

We heard a weird noise outside and decided to hightail it out of there just in case.