on the hoof
Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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edat öbeği
Of livestock, not yet butchered.
“[…]he is hereby directed to purchase, and have in Readiness by the First Day of July next, Two Hundred good draught Horses, Thirty Hogsheads of Rum, Ninety Thousand Weight of Beef on the Hoof, Hides included,[…]”
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edat öbeği
Alive; embodied in a living animal (including a human); in working order.
“Barely 10% of the country's corn crop ever goes into commercial channels to become breakfast cereal, corn starch or oil. Less than 25% ever leaves the farm where it was grown - until it leaves on the hoof.”
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edat öbeği
Of a human activity, while standing, walking, or running; on foot.
“Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion in that Country in 1641, the Mother fled with our Author and another Child towards England, and landing at Leverpoole in Lancashire, they all beated it on the hoof thence to London,[…]”
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edat öbeği
Without proper thought or preparation; done as one goes.
“Near-synonym: extempore”