hotfoot

Example Sentences

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Howard is only one of the many characters woven into “Mary Toft,” and Palmer never resorts to pantomime — except, perhaps, for Nathanael St. André, the first surgeon to hotfoot it to Godalming.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2019

Washington has been getting poked in the eye, given the hotfoot, had bubble gum put on its hat or had its pants pulled down in public since 1901 by the “national pastime.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

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

He has come hotfoot from his new home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, where he has moved with his wife, a French artist, to be closer to Gracie, his 11-year-old daughter with his former partner, Anna Friel.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2017

"Wasn't it worth missing the contest to see Mr. Kravitz get that hotfoot?" he asked hopefully.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville