Meaning

1 senses

  1. To run (a distance).

    rennen

More definitions
  • move hurridly

Examples

3 sentences

  1. The metro is five minutes away if you hotfoot it.

    deZur Metro sind es schnellen Schrittes fünf Minuten.

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  2. I've got to hotfoot it to the station to get the last train.

    deIch muss schnell zum Bahnhof, um den letzten Zug noch zu bekommen.

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  3. I've got to hotfoot it to the station to catch the last train.

    deIch muss schnell zum Bahnhof, um den letzten Zug noch zu bekommen.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
To run:

Origin

From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot.

From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot.

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Forms

hotfoots, hotfooting, hotfooted, hotfooted
Base formhotfoot · to hotfoot
3rd person singularhotfoots
Present participlehotfooting
Past simplehotfooted
Past participlehotfooted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhotfoot
he, she, ithotfoots

Past simpleLesson

all personshotfooted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hotfooted
he, she, ithas hotfooted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hotfoot

Synonyms

11 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhotfoot it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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