Source : WordNet®

hightail it
     v : flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
         man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police
         showed up" [syn: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run
         away}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to the woods},
          {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break away}]