as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
we had best hie home before the snow gets worse
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Recent Examples of hie
Then hie ye to the brewery/concert hall, 9990 AleSmith Court, San Diego, for the 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. performance.
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Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
Such shows—in major museums in major cities—are perfect for the summer, when much of the art world has hied off to beaches and country houses, but when regular-folk tourists arrive in droves.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 8 June 2019
Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
Such shows—in major museums in major cities—are perfect for the summer, when much of the art world has hied off to beaches and country houses, but when regular-folk tourists arrive in droves.
—Peter Plagens, WSJ, 8 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hie
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United Airlines announced an accelerated plan to speed up its in-flight WiFi via service from Starlink.Ina Fried, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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The constant evolution in attack techniques and the exponential growth in threat actors is both exhilarating and challenging, pushing us as an industry to innovate at breakneck speeds to stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.James Winebrenner, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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As of early December, that hasn’t happened since the start of the 2023-24 season (though the three primetime NASCAR Xfinity races the network broadcast this fall came in just under 1 million).Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
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Grandfather Lou Blaney was a legend on dirt tracks, and his father Dave Blaney raced in NASCAR.David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Half-mast refers to flags flown on ships, while half-staff is used for flags flown on land.Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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But flying in December — when air travel records are regularly broken — definitely isn’t for the faint of heart.Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
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All of a sudden, Donald Trump, chief of staff to Elon Musk, comes trotting in and blows up the deal.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The cameras record the shot, showing the buck jumping and trotting off 20 yards.Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2024
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But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Florida mice, an imperiled species with distinctive big ears and hind feet, scurried through the sand, captured on a night camera.Emily L. Mahoney, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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Edwards rushed for only 18 yards in the first half, but the Chargers didn’t abandon the run.Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Peterson rushed for 14,918 yards in his career, leading the league in rushing three times.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Some of the best-selling party supplies are discounted now, so hurry and grab them in time to celebrate!Cai Cramer, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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The Kate Middleton-Approved brand is having a sitewide sale of up to 50% off, but hurry because these deals won't last.Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2024
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About 3 out of every 4 major hurricanes to form in the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico have traveled over record-hot waters.Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
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Still, any season that includes one receiver being shot in the chest, another hospitalized for pneumonia and the starting running back traveling to Germany to seek a remedy for a hard-to-shake Achilles injury stands out for awfulness.Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hie. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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