hotfoot

Example Sentences

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Washington has been getting poked in the eye, given the hotfoot, had bubble gum put on its hat or had its pants pulled down in public since 1901 by the “national pastime.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

I decided to take time off work the very next day and hotfoot it to Tel Aviv, to get ahead of any competitors.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

So, what say you and me hotfoot it to the airport and get on to that plane.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2018

Ferguson's not the only big name about to leave Old Trafford, though, with Wayne Rooney set to hotfoot it to Bayern Munich for £30m.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2013

And get this: hotfoot becomes hotfoots, and still life becomes still lifes.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner