"The cops showed up at the graduation party and we had to ..... it out of there before they caught us drinking underage," Chris told Brian

[Torsten]

Yes, ‘hightail’ is correct here and you can say ‘in my opinion’ or ‘I think’. Here is more on ‘to me’ vs. ‘for me’:

clear to me v.s. clear for me

Hi, When you want to tell somebody that you understand something, what turn of phrase would you pick: The matter is clear to me The matter is clear for me Thank you in advance !