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to hotfoot
01
to move quickly or in a hurry
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
hotfoot
3rd person singular
hotfoots
Past simple
hotfooted
Past participle
hotfooted
Examples
She had to hotfoot it to the bus stop to catch the last bus home.
hotfoot
01
with quick and urgent movement
Grammatical Information
adverbs of manner
Examples
Upon realizing the time, he walked hotfoot to catch the bus.
Hotfoot
01
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
hotfoots
Lexical Tree
hotfoot
hot
foot
