hoof it
Idioms-
Go on foot, as in The car's being repaired—we'll have to hoof it . [First half of 1600s]
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Dance, as in He was always a good dancer, and he's still able to hoof it . [ Slang ; 1920s]
Example Sentences
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Black cars filled with political leaders and CEOs who didn’t want to hoof it on foot clogged up the town’s two-lane main streets, where the typical year-round population is around 11,000.
He tried teaching over Zoom and did private lessons, wearing a face mask and hoofing it to as many as 16 homes a day.
From Los Angeles Times
She knows she can nail this role and she really hoofs it.
From Los Angeles Times
On the return, we’d try to beat the congestion and demand by hoofing it all the way down to Hollywood Boulevard before hailing a ride home.
From Los Angeles Times
Seen and heard around town: The traffic on the main street was so bad that John Kerry, President Biden’s climate envoy, hoofed it to a meeting.
From New York Times
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