hotfoot

Meanings

• a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
• move fast
• without delay; speedily; - Francis Hackett
  • "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"
  • "drove hotfoot for Boston"

Synonyms

belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it