hotfoot it
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I decided to take time off work the very next day and hotfoot it to Tel Aviv, to get ahead of any competitors.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 7, 2019
Carr got up to talk to more voters, to pay for everything they’d ordered, and then to hotfoot it to a plane that would take him around the state.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2014
And so they hotfoot it to Paris, leaving their new spouses behind in bewildered ignorance, determined to live sensibly together.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2011
Shakespeare lovers looking for an authentic rendering of an English classic should hotfoot it to Southwark to catch a memorable night's work.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2010
They still can't see that it’s time to cut bait and hotfoot it out of town.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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