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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Promptly hoofed it over there
Hi, I don't understand the litetal and indirect mean of
"promptly hoofed it over there" Thanks a lot ...
For "Promptly" is this example has the right meaning for my text?
"He paid the fine promptly"
Over there = There?
"Obama may have been a buckraking messiah, but he
was all too aware that he was still just a freshman and
therefore at the beck and call of his party’s leadership.
So when he was summoned one day in July to Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid’s office without the slightest explanation
why, he promptly hoofed it over there, remarking to Gibbs
on his way out the door, “I wonder what we screwed up.”
"promptly hoofed it over there" Thanks a lot ...
For "Promptly" is this example has the right meaning for my text?
"He paid the fine promptly"
Over there = There?
"Obama may have been a buckraking messiah, but he
was all too aware that he was still just a freshman and
therefore at the beck and call of his party’s leadership.
So when he was summoned one day in July to Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid’s office without the slightest explanation
why, he promptly hoofed it over there, remarking to Gibbs
on his way out the door, “I wonder what we screwed up.”
Top answer
Promptly -Straight away. Hoofed - Comes from horses, their feet are called hooves (hoof). When they walk they don't show the bottom of their hooves, but they do when they run.
- Promptly -Straight away.
- Hoofed - Comes from horses, their feet are called hooves (hoof).
- When they walk they don't show the bottom of their hooves, but they do when they run.
- It is a way of saying that he rushed over there (to the office).
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Promptly -Straight away.
Hoofed - Comes from horses, their feet are called hooves (hoof). When they walk they don't show the bottom of their hooves, but they do when they run. It is a way of saying that he rushed over there (to the office).
Hoofed - Comes from horses, their feet are called hooves (hoof). When they walk they don't show the bottom of their hooves, but they do when they run. It is a way of saying that he rushed over there (to the office).
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No problem. Just remember though that English doesn't always have literal meanings. We have lots of expressions that even natives don't know where they orginate from.
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Hi,
. . . another phrase with "Hoofed" Does it has the same meaning as in my text?
• The cast was hoofing on the stage.
No. 'Hoofing ' here means 'dancing'. It's a somewhat old-fashioned expression.
Dancers used to be commonly called 'hoofers'.
. . . another phrase with "Hoofed" Does it has the same meaning as in my text?
• The cast was hoofing on the stage.
No. 'Hoofing ' here means 'dancing'. It's a somewhat old-fashioned expression.
Dancers used to be commonly called 'hoofers'.
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no appently it means great. Never heard of it used like that but I found this http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hoofing
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Also I have found that hoofing is a tap dancing step which would make more sense to the context you have.
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No the meaning of the Obama quote is as I gave you earlier. I was replying to your question about hooving but wasn't aware Clive had already given you the answer
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