early vs hotfoot

early

adv
  • Soon; in good time; seasonably. 

  • At a time before expected; sooner than usual. 

noun
  • A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place early in the day. 

adj
  • Near the start or beginning. 

  • Near the start of the day. 

  • Having begun to occur; in its early stages. 

  • At a time in advance of the usual or expected event. 

  • Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time. 

  • Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun. 

hotfoot

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

noun
  • The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. 

How often have the words early and hotfoot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )