hotfoots

Variant of hotfoot

hotfoot definition

hot·foot (hät′fo̵ot′)

adverb

Informal in great haste

Etymology: ME hot fot

intransitive verb

Informal to hurry; hasten

noun pl. hotfoots -·foots′

the prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it
hotfoot Idioms

hotfoot it

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Informal to hurry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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