[ UK /hˈɒtfʊt/ ]
ADVERB
  1. without delay; speedily
    sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks
    drove hotfoot for Boston
NOUN
  1. a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
VERB
  1. move hurridly
    He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
    The cars raced down the street
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How To Use hotfoot In A Sentence

  • It was still there a couple of years ago when Brendan Laney and Todd Blackadder arrived hotfoot from an NPC final.
  • The local priest sent word to the Station that same night that he heard of poteen being sold in full view and openly at a certain premises and could I go there hotfoot?
  • As a result of this broadcast ITV was inundated with inquiries and the camera team was sent hotfoot to film the pupils at Biddenham Upper School and to chat with them.
  • Sometimes our guards have to hotfoot it over to Buckley with extra shotguns and rifles.
  • sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks
  • Mildly depressed, Taylor hotfooted it to Caithness for a bit of regenerative soul searching, and was introduced to MacKay through a mutual friend.
  • The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready.
  • The deal sealed in public, Loeb hotfooted it out of there, leaving us wondering: PR stunt or blue-sky thinking? Real-life violence rocks the Comic-Con nerds in San Diego
  • Once we finish with the Lexus, Ernie and I will have to hotfoot it back to Bisbee. DEVIL'S CLAW
  • We then hotfooted it to nearby Coldfoot, mile 175 on the Dalton Highway, the 414-mile gravel road that runs from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. Richard Bangs: So, You Think That's Cold?
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