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Definition of hotfoot verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hotfoot

verb

NAmE//ˈhɑtfʊt//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hotfoot

he / she / it hotfoots

past simple hotfooted

-ing form hotfooting

Idioms

hotfoot it (informal)

to walk or run somewhere quickly Once the police arrived, we hotfooted it out of there.

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