Thesaurus / hotfoot
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A mouthful of this noxious mess and the offender succumbs or hotfoots it to a different plant.
JUNK FOOD IS BAD FOR PLANTS, TOO - ISSUE 90: SOMETHING GREENANNE BIKLé & DAVID R. MONTGOMERYSEPTEMBER 23, 2020NAUTILUSSeveral hours had elapsed since he had entered hotfoot to see her; and the day was beginning to wane.
THE LONG NIGHTSTANLEY WEYMANWell for the king that they had no change of steeds, but had ridden hotfoot after him from the battlefield.
WULFRIC THE WEAPON THANECHARLES W. WHISTLERI have shown merely whither circumstantial evidence leads us when we go hotfoot after a theory.
THE BOY SCOUTS BOOK OF STORIESVARIOUSGuessing what had happened, Operator Green dashed out hotfoot in pursuit.
THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS OF GRIDLEYH. IRVING HANCOCKIt been so hot, I hate to hotfoot it nine miles to Winnsboro and huff dat same distance back on a hot summer day.
SLAVE NARRATIVES: A FOLK HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER SLAVESWORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATIONReturning hotfoot, she found Finn immovable beside the mouth of the cave, a formidable sentry.
JANA. J. DAWSONIf the effect had been produced in the soles of policemen's feet, Hoddan would have given every cop a hotfoot.
THE PIRATES OF ERSATZMURRAY LEINSTERHaving sworn solemnly to free their country, action followed hotfoot on the heels of words.
URUGUAYW. H. KOEBELJune was at home; she had come down hotfoot on hearing the news of Jolly's enlistment.
THE FORSYTE SAGA, COMPLETEJOHN GALSWORTHYWORDS RELATED TO HOTFOOT
- absconded
- ambled
- barreled
- beat it
- bolted
- bound
- bustled
- cantered
- careered
- clear out
- coursed
- cut and ran
- darted
- dashed
- decamped
- departed
- dog it
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- flew
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- made tracks
- paced
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- scooted
- scorched
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- skipped
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- tore
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- trotted
- went like lightning
- whisked
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- barrel
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- course
- cut and run
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- pace
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- travel
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- fleet
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- go like lightning
- haste
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- hurry up
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- lose no time
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- make short work of
- press
- push
- quicken
- race
- roll
- run
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- shake a leg
- shoot
- speed up
- sprint
- step on gas
- streak
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- zip
- zoom
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- courses
- darts
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- fires up
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- flies
- flings
- flits
- gets cracks
- gets the lead out
- goes like lightning
- hastens
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- hotfoots
- hurries up
- hustles
- loses no time
- makes haste
- makes short work of
- presses
- pushes
- quickens
- races
- rolls
- runs
- scrambles
- scuds
- scurries
- shakes a leg
- shoots
- speeds up
- sprints
- step on gas
- streaks
- surges
- tears
- whizzes
- zips
- zooms
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