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
Ferguson's not the only big name about to leave Old Trafford, though, with Wayne Rooney set to hotfoot it to Bayern Munich for £30m.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2013
As soon as he can, he will hotfoot it to the South Dade Regional Library, 30-odd minutes away, for the day’s second early-vote rally.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2012
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
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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