hotfoot

[hot-foot] / ˈhɒtˌfʊt /

VERB

hurry

Synonyms

STRONG

barrel bolt boogie clip dart dash fly gallop hurtle race run scoot speed sprint streak tear zip zoom

WEAK

burn rubber go like a bat out of hell hightail it make haste

Antonyms

STRONG

decelerate halt slow stay wait walk

WEAK

dawdle

Example Sentences

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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

So, what say you and me hotfoot it to the airport and get on to that plane.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2018

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2015

As they fall over laughing, one can hotfoot it away.

From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2012

And get this: hotfoot becomes hotfoots, and still life becomes still lifes.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner