hotfoot

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

Translation

adv. ad alta velocità, in fretta
vt. & vi. camminare o correre rapidamente (verso un luogo)
Word Forms
participio presentehotfooting
passatohotfooted
terza persona singolarehotfoots
participio passatohotfooted

Example Sentences

hotfoot it out of town.

scappare di corsa dalla città.

he rushed hotfoot to the planning office to object.

Si precipitò a piedi veloci all'ufficio di pianificazione per protestare.

we hotfooted it after him.

Lo abbiamo inseguito a piedi veloci.

People coming off work hotfooted it down the street.

La gente, uscita dal lavoro, si diresse a piedi veloci lungo la strada.

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

I bambini corrono a piedi veloci quando sentono che il tè è pronto.

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

Non appena arrivò la polizia, ci siamo allontanati a piedi veloci da lì.

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

Come Bernard Shaw, ha fatto ridere i suoi lettori con un'esca culturale.

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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