to hotfoot
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7.7
- verb
- /ˈhɑtˌfʊt/
- Informal
- 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
637
1.0
To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
312
1.0
To move or work very quickly to reach a goal
184
1.0
To move or travel quickly, often faster than allowed
27
5.2
To hurry and go faster, often when driving
23
3.2
To move quickly with small, light, playful steps
21
3.9
Move quickly to do something
20
2.2
To move very quickly for a short time
5
9.9
To go quickly to a place, often used in old writing
3
6.5
To hurry when someone tells you to
2
2.7
To move quickly in one direction
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
7.2
To run or move very quickly without control
1
6.0
To move very quickly, usually by running or driving
1
3.8
To walk quickly for exercise, faster than a normal walk
1
7.8
To move quickly by car or on foot
1
8.0
Move very fast along a street or path
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
Run away quickly to escape danger or trouble
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.