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hot⋅foot

  [hot-foot] noun, plural -foots, verb, adverb
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–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
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hotfoot it

Go in haste, walk fast or run. For example, I'll have to hotfoot it to the airport if I'm to meet them. [Slang; c. 1900]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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