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hot⋅foot

[hot-foot] 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.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME hot fot (adv.). See hot, foot
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.

Hotfoot

Hot"foot`\, adv. In haste; foothot. [Colloq.]
Language Translation for : hotfoot
Spanish: corriendo, con mucha prisa, a toda velocidad,
German: schleunigst,
Japanese: 大急ぎで
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