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单词 to plod away on the hoof
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to plod away on the hoof
a. Applied humorously or derogatively to the human foot: esp. in phrases to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoof: to go on foot, to be on the move; also † to plod away on the hoof. to see a person's hoof in anything: to trace or detect his influence or interference in a matter.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)]
treadc897
stepc900
goeOE
gangOE
walka1375
wanderc1380
foota1425
to take to footc1440
awalkc1540
trade1547
beat it on the hoof1570
pad1610
to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616
trample1624
to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683
ambulate1724
shank1773
stump it1803
pedestrianize1811
pedestrianate1845
tramp it1862
ankle1916
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]
footOE
heelOE
toec1290
pettitoes1590
goers1612
hoofa1616
fetlock1645
stamper1652
fetterlock1674
pedestal1695
trotter1755
footsie1762
dew-beaters1811
pedal1838
mud-hook1850
tootsy1854
tootsicum1860
gun-boat1870
mundowie1880
plate of meat1887
trilby1895
dog1913
puppies1922
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > detect > detect a person's influence
to see a person's hoof in anything1860
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 77 Goe, Trudge; plod away ith' hoofe: seeke shelter, packe. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xvi. 31 A mischance befell the Horse,..insomuch, that the Secretary was put to beat the Hoof himself, and Foot it home.
a1687 C. Cotton Poems (1689) 276 Being then on foot, away I go, And bang the hoof, incognito.
1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 78 We beat the hoof as pilgrims.
1707 W. Darrell Gentleman Instructed: 2nd Pt. vii. 119 A Man that is thus upon the Hoof, can scarce find Leasure for Diversion.
1750 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace xii, in Wks. (1811) VIII. 399 The good man was..forced to beat it on the hoof as far as Hernhuth in Germany.
1794 J. Wolcot Soldier of Tilbury in Wks. (1812) III. 241 Thus Poverty and Merit beat the hoof.
1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge xvi. 269 Contriving..to tread heavily on my toes with his own hoofs.
1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. ix. 145 Charley Bates expressed his opinion that it was time to pad the hoof.
1860 W. M. Thackeray in Cornhill Mag. Aug. 256 I once said to a literary gentleman,..‘Ah! I thought I recognized your hoof in it’.
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