hotfoot
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8.1
Quickly and without delay
- adverb
- /ˈhɑtˌfʊt/
- Archaic
:
rápidamente
- We traveled hotfoot to the emergency room as soon as we heard the news.
Examples
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She left the office hotfoot when she heard the news.
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He ran hotfoot to catch the bus.
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He went hotfoot down the stairs when he smelled smoke.
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She left the meeting hotfoot to catch her train.
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She had to hotfoot it to the station to catch her train.
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When the storm approached, we decided to hotfoot out of the park.
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The little dog hotfooted across the street to chase after the ball.
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
hotfoot positive
Morphology
Etymology
Hotfoot as an adverb comes from the picture of having hot feet that force you to hurry, so it means 'without delay' or 'quickly'.