hotfoot
adverb
informaluk/ˌhɒtˈfʊt/us/ˈhɑːt.fʊt/veryquicklyand withoutdelay:
匆忙地，飞快地She'd come hotfoot from thepalacewith thelatestnews.她急匆匆地从宫里带来了最新的消息。
Fast and rapid
- (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
- apace
- as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
- as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
- at a rate of knotsidiom
- fleet
- in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
- Jack Robinson
- lickety-split
- lightning
- like a shotidiom
- like a streak of lightningidiom
- prompt
- souped-up
- spread like wildfireidiom
- streak
- super-express
- superfast
- swift
- wildfire
hotfoot
verb
uk/ˈhɒt.fʊt/us/ˈhɑːt.fʊt/hotfoot itinformal
torunorwalksomewhereasquicklyaspossible:
快跑；疾走Hewalkedin and I hotfooted it out the backdoor.他走了进来，而我很快从后门溜了出去。
Synonyms
hastenformal
hieold useorhumorous
race
rush
speed
to move fast
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
- beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot