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on the hoof

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  1. on the hoofadverb

    whilst standing

  2. on the hoofadjective

    that has not yet been butchered

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the hoof in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the hoof in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of on the hoof in a Sentence

  1. Victor Hugo:

    Wherever the Turkish hoof trods, no grass grows.

  2. Boris Johnson:

    If you want an example of EU foreign policy-making on the hoof, and of the EU's pretensions to running a defense policy that have caused real trouble, then look at what has happened in Ukraine.

  3. President Obama:

    We gather here to honor the courage of ordinary Americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rod; tear gas and the trampling hoof; men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their North Star and keep marching toward justice.

  4. Richard Madgwick:

    Pigs are not nearly as well-suited to movement over distance as cattle and transporting them, either slaughtered or on the hoof, over hundreds or even tens of kilometres, would have required a monumental effort, this suggests that prescribed contributions were required and that rules dictated that offered pigs must be raised by the feasting participants, accompanying them on their journey, rather than being acquired locally.

  5. Jack Hopkins:

    From our vantage point, it sometimes looked like policy made up on the hoof.

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