hotfoot (it)

verb

Definition of hotfoot (it)next
as in to race
to proceed or move quickly you'd better hotfoot it to the bus stop if you're going to catch the bus

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hotfoot (it)
  1. race
  2. hurry
  3. scurry
  4. rush
  5. speed
  6. fly
  7. travel
  8. trot
Verb
  • As this incremental progress continues, scientists are racing to figure out why some frog species are more susceptible to Bd than others.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Beyond basic chatbot capabilities, companies are racing to develop more sophisticated AI tools.
    Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of race
Verb
  • Standard protocol when a critically ill patient experiences a miscarriage is to stabilize her and, in most cases, hurry to the operating room for delivery, medical experts said.
    Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Based on Philbrick's affidavit, Keough's lawyers hurried into court to prevent the sale of Graceland.
    Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of hurry
Verb
  • The animal then seems to sniff something before turning its body to scurry away.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • These hubs were beacons of hope while corporate landowners scurried for cover and FEMA's aid trickled in too slowly.
    Kaniela Ing, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of scurry
Verb
  • Among the victims rushed to hospital, many had eye injuries, missing fingers or gaping holes in their abdomens, Reuters witnesses saw, indicating their proximity to the devices at the time of detonation.
    Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • As anticipated, some waits appeared throughout the day, particularly as voters rushed to cast ballots in the hours before polls closed.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of rush
Verb
  • Three years later, wildlife experts enlisted a team of local helpers for just 24 hours to speed up the area’s environmental recovery.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Continue to speed up the container, and more of these perfect tornadoes will slither in from the rim.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of speed
Verb
  • And Americans who have flown private before are three times more likely to trust private pilots over commercial ones.
    Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • In December, the developers flew Smith, Owens and an unidentified witness to Florida on a private jet for a meeting on a yacht.
    Bracey Harris, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of fly
Verb
  • Police said the man was crossing Rose Street and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 79-year-old Berkeley woman woman that was traveling eastbound on Rose Street.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • All trucks that travel California roads must be fully transitioned to clean technology by 2045.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of travel
Verb
  • What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
  • That was why the warriors Spotted Tail, Long Chin and Red Leaf trotted on their horses into Fort Laramie a few weeks later.
    Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of trot
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