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Meaning of hotfoot

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  hotfoot
      adv 1: without delay; speedily; "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the
             Turks"- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"
      n 1: a practical joke that involves inserting a match
           surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's
           shoe and then lighting it
      v 1: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
           "The cars raced down the street" [syn: {rush}, {hotfoot},
           {hasten}, {hie}, {speed}, {race}, {pelt along}, {rush
           along}, {cannonball along}, {bucket along}, {belt along},
           {step on it}] [ant: {dawdle}, {linger}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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