hoof it
idiom
informal
: to move or travel on foot : to walk or run
We quickly hoofed it down to the subway station.
Examples of hoof it in a Sentence
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The trio then unveil a mad scientist’s laboratory, as dancers wearing clinical-white mesh crop-tops and hot pants enthusiastically gyrate, thrust and hoof it.
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2023
Visitors must hoof it more than half a mile uphill along a winding road, cumbersome beach gear in tow.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
None are trying to hoof it out of the town, none are in complete breakdown mode.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
None are trying to hoof it out of the town, none are in complete breakdown mode.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
That’s good news for hikers and backpackers who happily hoof it to explore the remote shoreline.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
Some travel writers prefer to hoof it or take a boat.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2022
Want to hoof it?
—Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022
And now they’re all screwed and get to go hoof it through the nuclear wasteland that is Texas.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 May 2022
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Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2023
Visitors must hoof it more than half a mile uphill along a winding road, cumbersome beach gear in tow.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
None are trying to hoof it out of the town, none are in complete breakdown mode.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
None are trying to hoof it out of the town, none are in complete breakdown mode.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 May 2023
That’s good news for hikers and backpackers who happily hoof it to explore the remote shoreline.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
Some travel writers prefer to hoof it or take a boat.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2022
Want to hoof it?
—Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022
And now they’re all screwed and get to go hoof it through the nuclear wasteland that is Texas.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 May 2022
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“Hoof it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hoof%20it. Accessed 4 Oct. 2023.
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