hoof it

hoof it

1. slang To walk. Let's just hoof it—the store is only a few blocks away.
2. slang To dance. Ever since my foot injury, I haven't been able to hoof it at family functions anymore.
See also: hoof
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hoof it

Inf. to walk. If nobody gives us a ride, we'll have to hoof it. She hoofed it home from the dance in her high-heeled shoes.
See also: hoof
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

hoof it

1. Go on foot, as in The car's being repaired-we'll have to hoof it. [First half of 1600s]
2. Dance, as in He was always a good dancer, and he's still able to hoof it. [Slang; 1920s]
See also: hoof
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

hoof it

INFORMAL
If you hoof it, you walk somewhere. I've put you to enough trouble already — I can hoof it the rest of the way.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

ˈhoof it

(informal) go somewhere on foot; walk somewhere: We hoofed it all the way to 42nd Street.
This comes from the noun hoof, which is the hard part of the foot of some animals, for example horses.
See also: hoof
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hoof it

1. tv. to run away. I saw them coming and hoofed it home.
2. in. to walk instead of ride. My car’s broken down, so I had to hoof it to work today.
See also: hoof
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

hoof it

Slang
1. To walk.
2. To dance.
See also: hoof
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • have to hoof it
  • iron poof
  • on the hoof
  • hoofing
  • camel toe
  • camel toes
  • flash
  • flash on
  • flashing
  • a cloven hoof
References in periodicals archive
Hoof It was doing his best work late on and the extra yardage will help, as will the quicker surface.
Hoof It to bounce back from flop
But Hoof It is what I'll be doing home without any taxi fare if Westwood's nag doesn't get home.
Lee-sy does it; Westwood's flyer can win you a wedge at Goodwood
Whereas Hoof It has been going up for winning races Mick Easterby's nephew Tim will be unhappy that Midnight Martini has gone up more than a stone in two starts for finishing runner up.
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This year we started straight in a Group race and he was ring-rusty and needed the race." On Hoof It's only appearance at Ascot he finished seventh in last year's Wokingham, and Easterby added: "He ran one bad race last year, and that was at Ascot.
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You couldn't really say Hoof It had been hiding his light under a bushel, as he'd won his last race of 2010 and his first of 2011, but a school of thought began to develop in late spring that this big bruiser of a four-year-old might have a whole stack of improvement left in him through the summer.
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The connections of third home Hoof It believe their upgraded handicapper was unfortunate not to break his Group 1 duck at Haydock.
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After a five-minute wait, Dream Ahead was called the winner by a nose, with Hoof It a head further back.
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Easterby's son David said: "At the moment the number-one choice for Hoof It is the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock, but we will have a look at the ground beforehand as he doesn't want extremes of going and we don't want to waste a pounds 14,000 supplementary entry fee.
Welter Ayr burden won't faze Hoof It say connections
MICK EASTERBY bids to give his 50-year training career one of its biggest highlights at York today by turning Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It into a Group 1 sprinting champion.
Easterby star gunning for popular home win; CONTENDER Hoof It
Today's bets Warlu Way 2.00 York 1pt win at 14-1 generally Sardanapalus 2.30 York 1pt win at 11-1 with Coral Requinto 3.40 York 1pt win at 8-1 with Coral HOOF IT has been one of the stars of a vintage Flat season and today he gets his chance of Group 1 glory in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes following his scintillating success in the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood.
Requinto ready to put elders in their place
THE Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York (3.40) should live up to its billing with a lightning pace guaranteed and, to my mind, there is plenty of juice in Hoof It's price this morning, even though he heads the market.
Improving Hoof It can stamp authority
The veteran trainer, on a high after Hoof It's Stewards' Cup romp on Saturday, struck at Catterick with One Of Twins, who inched out Catallout in the 7f handicap under Jimmy Sulivan UNION DISPUTE Tote backers at Catterick would have had reason to walk out after Union Island's win dividend paid just pounds 2.70 after returning a starting price of 11-4
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With Hoof It, part-owned by him, winning the Stewards' Cup and stablemates Darren Clarke, Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel grabbing the first three Majors of the year, it's high time that the Worksop wonder joined the party which continued on Sunday when another Chubby Chandler charge, Simon Dyson, captured the Irish Open.
Worksop Wonder can share winning feeling; WGC BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
HOOF IT'S victory in Saturday's Blue Square Stewards' Cup continued a remarkable run for his dam Forever Bond and left breeder Reg Bond believing that his "ultimate dream" is moving that bit closer to becoming a reality.
Bond's Group 1 dream draws ever closer
CONNECTIONS of Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It look set to make a late decision on whether to supplement him for the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York a fortnight on Friday, writes Andrew Scutts.
Hoof It team to leave it late on Nunthorpe