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Originally Posted by vicente
Hola Maramaras and Frank!! 
can we say? He hotfoot came back when he heard her voice again.
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He came back hotfoot when he heard her voice again.
No, if you use it you must say he hotfooted it back or he came hotfooting it back when he heard her voice.
Notice that hotfoot is always followed by an "it".
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Vicente,
you say "hotfoot" doesn't exist as an adverb, but it does.
According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary :
Definition :
hotfoot
adverb INFORMAL
very quickly and without delay:
She'd come hotfoot from the palace with the latest news.
In which case, "hotfoot" is NOT followed by it.
I would, as you advise, never use it myself.
And I haven't heard it much either.
Cheerio !
Frank.