hotfoot
To travel as fast as one can, usually by walking or running. We need to hotfoot it out of here before Mom catches us going through her things!
hotfoot it
To travel as fast as one can, usually by walking or running. We need to hotfoot it out of here before Mom catches us going through her things!
hotfoot it (off to) (somewhere)
to go somewhere as fast as possible. I've got to hotfoot it off to school. When they heard the police sirens, the thieves hotfooted home.
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]
ˈhotfoot it
(informal) walk or run somewhere quickly: Once the police arrived, we hotfooted it out of there.