hotfoot
Moving with haste or zealMoving with haste or zeal.
» The metro is five minutes away if you hotfoot it.
Zur Metro sind es schnellen Schrittes fünf Minuten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesMoving with haste or zeal.
Examples
3 sentencesThe metro is five minutes away if you hotfoot it.
deZur Metro sind es schnellen Schrittes fünf Minuten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — Wolf
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. — Wolf
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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