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beat the hoof

beat the hoof verb: to walk; to go on foot.

Verb

beat the hoof (third-person singular simple present beats the hoof, present participle beating the hoof, simple past beat the hoof, past participle beaten the hoof or (colloquial) beat the hoof)

  1. (archaic) To walk; to go on foot.

Synonyms of beat the hoof

Forms of beat the hoof

third-person singular presentbeats the hoof
present participlebeating the hoof
pastbeat the hoof
past participlebeaten the hoof
past participle (colloquial)beat the hoof

Questions about beat the hoof

What does beat the hoof mean?
Beat the hoof means to walk; to go on foot.
What part of speech is beat the hoof?
Beat the hoof is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the hoof?
The past tense of beat the hoof is beat the hoof.

Words near beat the hoof in the dictionary

  1. beat the daylights out of
  2. beat the drum
  3. beat the drum for
  4. beat the dummy
  5. beat the dust
  6. beat the hoof
  7. beat the meat
  8. beat the odds
  9. beat the pants off
  10. beat the poop out of
  11. beat the rap

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