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Hotfoot

adverb
1.
Without delay; speedily.  "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 fast.  Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it.  "The cars raced down the street"






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"Hotfoot" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Richard's visits to Plevna House staggered Mary. And since she could get nothing out of her husband, she tied on her bonnet and went off hotfoot to question her friend. But Mrs. Henry tearfully declared her ignorance she had listened in fear and trembling to the sound of the two angry voices—and Henry was adamant. They had ...
— Australia Felix • Henry Handel Richardson



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