hotfoot

[US]/'hɒtfʊt/
[UK]/ˈhɑtˌfʊt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. sa mataas na bilis, sa pagmamadali
vt. & vi. upang maglakad o tumakbo nang mabilis (papunta sa isang lugar)
Word Forms
Present Participlehotfooting
Past Tensehotfooted
Third Person Singularhotfoots
Past Participlehotfooted

Example Sentences

hotfoot it out of town.

Mabilis na umalis sa bayan.

he rushed hotfoot to the planning office to object.

Nagmadali siyang pumunta sa opisina ng pagpaplano upang magprotesta.

we hotfooted it after him.

Sinundan namin siya nang mabilis.

People coming off work hotfooted it down the street.

Mabilis na bumaba sa kalye ang mga taong pauwi galing sa trabaho.

The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready.

Tumakbo ang mga bata nang mabilis kapag narinig nilang handa na ang tsaa.

Once the police arrived, we hotfooted it out of there.

Nang dumating ang mga pulis, mabilis kaming umalis doon.

Like Bernard Shaw, he has tickled his readers' funny bone with a cultural hotfoot .

Tulad ni Bernard Shaw, nakapagpasaya niya sa mga mambabasa sa pamamagitan ng isang kultural na pagpapatawa.

Real-world Examples

I caught up with Anna, hotfoot from Somerset and also just back from covering the Nato summit.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

" No, but don't say it in front of a millionaire. He might think you were giving him the hotfoot" .

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

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