hotfoot

Example Sentences

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Howard is only one of the many characters woven into “Mary Toft,” and Palmer never resorts to pantomime — except, perhaps, for Nathanael St. André, the first surgeon to hotfoot it to Godalming.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 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

One measly hotfoot, and you are out on your butt.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2015

As soon as he can, he will hotfoot it to the South Dade Regional Library, 30-odd minutes away, for the day’s second early-vote rally.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2012

"Who really gave me that hotfoot?" he asked after a moment.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville