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[hot-foo
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noun, plural -foots, verb, adverb –noun
| 1. | a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down. |
–verb (used without object)
| 2. | Informal. to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it): to hotfoot it to the bus stop. |
–adverb
| 3. | with great speed in going; in haste. |
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| hot·foot (hŏt'fŏŏt') 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. |
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Hotfoot
Hot"foot`\, adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
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Language Translation for : hotfoot
Spanish:
corriendo, con mucha prisa, a toda velocidad,
German:
schleunigst,
Japanese:
大急ぎで
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