verbhies, hieing, hying, hied

• Go quickly.

  ‘I hied down to New Orleans’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I hied me to a winehouse’
  • ‘Next day I hied off to Newport, always a busy spot.’
  • ‘We hied back to our hotel, where we took refuge under the veranda of the beachfront bar and watched the rain beat down.’
  • ‘If you're in London and haven't been to Borough Market before, hie thee hence when you get a spare moment… it's a true foodies heaven.’
  • ‘For lovers of teddy bears, drop everything and hie thee to the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood where there is an exhibition to celebrate 100 years of the Teddy Bear.’
  • ‘So he and the boys hie it down to Mexico to get their money back.’

  Synonyms

  be quick, hurry up, move quickly, go fast, hasten, make haste, speed, speed up, lose no time, press on, push on, run, dash, rush, hurtle, dart, race, fly, flash, shoot, streak, bolt, bound, blast, charge, chase, career, scurry, scramble, scamper, scuttle, sprint, gallop, go hell for leather, go like lightning

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