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hotfoot

hot·foot [ hót ft ]


adverb 
Definition:
 
quickly: as quickly as possible



noun  (plural hot·foots)
Definition:
 
lighting of match in somebody's shoe: a practical joke in which a match is put between the sole and upper of somebody's shoe, without the person's knowledge, and then lit


hotfoot it to go with great haste and eagerness, usually on foot (slang)

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