"hotfoot it" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hotfoots it [present, singular, third-person], hotfooting it [participle, present], hotfooted it [participle, past], hotfooted it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hotfoot it (third-person singular simple present hotfoots it, present participle hotfooting it, simple past and past participle hotfooted it)
  1. (intransitive, informal) to hasten; to move rapidly Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits Translations (To hasten): бързам (bǎrzam) (Bulgarian), beeilen (German), eilen (German)

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