to hotfoot
1
7.7
- verb
- /ˈhɑtˌfʊt/
- Informal
:
apresurarse
- Dwight and Toby grab their caps and hotfoot it out the door.
- hotfoot it over
- hotfoot it back
Examples
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She hotfooted it to the finish line, determined to break her previous record.
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I'd hotfoot it right up there if I were you.
Fiction book (1996) -
The elderly couple had taken advantage of the moment and were hotfooting it up the path toward the main compound.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm dining at the Yale Club tonight with Ed, then hotfooting it down to Washington tomorrow for the hearing.
Fiction book (1995) -
The man is hotfooting it up the road, and Deana is slamming into the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
Milo Todd broke from the knot of onlookers and hotfooted it on over.
Fiction book (1994) -
If she agrees, and I can't imagine that she won't, we can hotfoot it through the forest and across the creek to the exit portal, which if I'm not mistaken, I can actually see from here.
Fiction book (1998) -
We need to hotfoot it to the station before we miss the train.
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After the fire alarm rang, everyone hotfooted out of the building.
Synonyms
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1.0
To move a boat fast in the same direction as the wind
548
1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
137
1.0
To move or travel quickly, often faster than allowed
91
1.0
To move or work very quickly to reach a goal
35
5.2
To hurry and go faster, often when driving
22
3.2
To move quickly with small, light, playful steps
12
2.2
To move very quickly for a short time
9
6.5
To hurry when someone tells you to
7
3.9
Move quickly to do something
2
9.9
To go quickly to a place, often used in old writing
2
9.0
To leave quickly to escape or avoid something
1
9.0
Move quickly on foot to escape or reach a place fast
1
2.7
To move quickly in one direction
1
7.2
To run or move very quickly without control
1
6.1
Run away quickly to escape danger or trouble
Move very fast along a street or path
To move very quickly, usually by running or driving
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
To move quickly by car or on foot
To walk quickly for exercise, faster than a normal walk
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hotfoot as a verb comes from the same image of hot feet pushing you to go fast, so to hotfoot somewhere is to hurry there or run off quickly.