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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Angry that he's going to miss the saddest party of the year, Tom tells Greg to hoof it to the service expressly to tell their new president that he made the call.
From Salon • May 22, 2023
People in camouflage walk through, crossing his lands with the assurance that they’re not likely to be caught as they hoof it for the road near Arivaca, where they’ll catch a ride east to Tucson.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2022
Mission managers planned for the rover to travel only as far as the astronauts could walk, in case anything happened and they had to hoof it back to their spacecraft.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2021
J.W. decided to ride with Dad, rather than hoof it with me and Lloyd.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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