Sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : to hotfoot it to the bus stop. From Dictionary.com.
Giving someone a hotfoot is a crime?. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Elsewhere] Reference
"Why should they come, as you say, panting hotfoot?". From Wordnik.com. [When Eight Bells Toll]
Like he just gave somebody a hotfoot, Johnny Baker thought. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
What he saw on the other side sent him back to his chums hotfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers] Reference
Hugh Beringar came down from the town hotfoot to share it with Abbot Radulfus. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of Brother Haluin]
"That'd give anything trying to pass it a mighty hotfoot," he said approvingly. From Wordnik.com. [License Invoked]
"Misli, gammi gra'dil, Strygalldwir," I said, and it jumped as if given a hotfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns of Avalon]
I suggest you hotfoot it to Bunnings and get yourself one before the rush for Dec 14. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Brisburgers Xmas drinks.] Reference
"Give him a mental hotfoot, get him out of there, and we can go on to Mount Rushmost.". From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
So the police were even then enquiring into the matter " and I joined them, hotfoot! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain of Adventure]
I should have thought he'd be hotfoot for Oxford to hale his sister out of the trap. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
He came hotfoot from the island to join Owain, she should know that she is not forsaken. From Wordnik.com. [His Disposition] Reference
Why would it occur to anyone to give a hotfoot to an innocent itty-bitty baby caterpillar?. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution and mechanisms: "Genetic Accommodation" - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Not much doubt what Richard overheard, and none that it sent him hotfoot on some urgent errand. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Eyton Forest]
"We ought to go hotfoot to the captain and tell him what we've seen," declared Tom with emphasis. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy] Reference
At least Humfrey was no better off; at the moment he was being given a hotfoot by a patch of fireweed. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
But none of us can hotfoot it over there, and in any event, there probably are far too few shoes for us. From Wordnik.com. [Demons Don't Dream]
Maybe someone should hotfoot it over to 1300 L Street NW and interview some of those babes in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Handy Timeline Of Foleygate Scandal] Reference
The two commercial rents returned hotfoot to London with demands for compensation ringing in police ears. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
In the event of them not doing so, he'll hotfoot it over to Lyon and nab Cameroon international Jean II Makoun. From Wordnik.com. [Football transfer rumours: Yoann Gourcuff to Manchester City?] Reference
"But that dragon could have given you an awful hotfoot before you got within transformation range," Gloha said. From Wordnik.com. [Harpy Thyme]
Two urgent summonses from Elizabeth, one to her, one to Edward, had brought them hotfoot to Hampshire via London. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
I set off hotfoot into town and after hours of searching found his house, only to learn he too was away from home. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Jumpers had been reduced to sending a runner off to the Houses of Parliament to bring the journalists hotfoot to Downing Street. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Rolfe and his men had gone immediately to the aid of the tortured captives, and the two guides were despatched hotfoot after water. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
When I made it clear I intended to report it myself; he responded at once, sending out a messenger hotfoot to the local guardhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
He will come hotfoot to find the four we could not find. From Wordnik.com. [Told in the East] Reference
But the groupers followed hotfoot and the little fish fled. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries] Reference
June was at home; she had come down hotfoot on hearing the news of. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
And I brandished the invitation which had brought me hotfoot to the. From Wordnik.com. [A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures] Reference
"Raish is hotfoot after that stock of mine," growled the light keeper. From Wordnik.com. [Galusha the Magnificent] Reference
Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words retained. (hotfoot, hot-foot). From Wordnik.com. [The Critic in the Orient] Reference
Guessing what had happened, Operator Green dashed out hotfoot in pursuit. From Wordnik.com. [The Grammar School Boys of Gridley or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving] Reference
I followed, rifle in hand, and we sped hotfoot across the stump-lot and out upon the hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Reckoning] Reference
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