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hotfoot

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hot·foot  (htft)
intr.v. hot·foot·ed, hot·foot·ing, hot·foots Informal
To go in haste. Often used with it: hotfoot it out of town.
adv.
In haste.
n. pl. hot·foots
The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe.

hotfoot
Adverb
with all possible speed: hotfoot to the accident
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Noun1.hotfoot - a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
practical joke - a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish)
Verb1.hotfoot - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
barge, push forward, thrust ahead - push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room"
shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
Adv.1.hotfoot - without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
Translations
Spanish hotfoot [ˈhɔtfut] adva toda prisa
French hotfoot [ˈhɔtfut] advà toute vitesse
German hotfoot [ˈhɔtfut] hot adveilends
Italian hotfoot [ˈhɔtfut] advdi gran carriera

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Buffalo Bill has been ambushed and badly shot this side of Clayton, and Thorndike the scout, too; Bill couldn't travel, but Thorndike could, and he brought the news, and Sergeant Wilkes and six men of Company B are gone, two hours ago, hotfoot, to get Bill.
Big Toomai had come up hotfoot from the camp in the plains to search for his son and his elephant, and now that he had found them he looked at them as though he were afraid of them both.
 
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