The Collaborative International Dictionary
To hoof it
Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
To walk as cattle. [R.]
--William Scott.-
To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
To hoof it, to foot it.
On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not slaughtered.
beef on the hoof, live cattle.
Usage examples of "to hoof it".
Since that was only a ten-minute walk from Wolfe's place my choice would have been to hoof it, but Wolfe was proceeding to spend chunks of the two grand even before he got it.
So here's what I think: if you had to hoof it the whole way, it might take you as long as nine.
So I have to hoof it, and I can't make it by myself in time, so I need you and Echo to help.