| 单词 | to pull foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pull foot a. colloquial (chiefly U.S. and Caribbean). to pull foot: to take to one's heels, run away; to hurry, run as fast as possible. Formerly also †to pull it in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee fleec825 afleeeOE atrina1000 atfleec1000 to run awayOE to turn to or into flighta1225 to turn the ridgec1225 atrenc1275 atshakec1275 to give backa1300 flemec1300 startc1330 to take (on oneself) the flighta1500 to take the back upon oneselfa1500 fly1523 to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530 to flee one's way1535 to take to one's heels1548 flought?1567 fuge1573 to turn taila1586 to run off1628 to take flighta1639 refugea1641 to run for it1642 to take leg1740 to give (also take) leg-bail1751 bail1775 sherry1788 to pull foot1792 fugitate1830 to tail off (out)1830 to take to flight1840 to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845 guy1879 to give leg (or legs)1883 rabbit1887 to do a guy1889 high-tail1908 to have it on one's toes1958 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > going swiftly on foot > go swiftly on foot [verb (intransitive)] > run > run fast or at full speed to pull it1792 to run (also be off) like a redshank1809 sky1824 tattera1825 peel1860 pelter1906 hare1908 1792 Trials at Large II. 113 He pulled Foot over Essex-bridge, and down towards the Piazzas in Essex-street, and witness ran after him, crying, stop robber! 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 98 She flew straight out of sight, As fast as she could pull it. a1818 M. G. Lewis Jrnl. W. India Proprietor (1834) 109 One of my ladies chose to pull foot, and did not return..till this morning. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. xi. 351 The whole crew pulled foot as if Old Nick had held them in chase. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Pull feeat. ‘Thoo'l hae te pull feeat te owertak 'em’. 1922 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 15 Sept. 16/3 We wriggled backward out of sight. Then, rising, we turned and pulled foot for our canoe. 1954 Western Folklore 13 24 The fourteen-year-old Willie Kelley..decided that the game was not worth the candle and decided to pull foot out of the Big Bend region. 1989 J. D'Costa & B. Calla Voices in Exile 31 Peter him pull foot one day..Peter was a runaway. 2002 G. Vanderhaeghe Last Crossing xvii. 191 Just you see if I don't run those scoundrels off in short order... ‘I won't say it again. Pull foot.’ < as lemmas |
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