Fast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile.
simple past and past participle of light-foot, ran.
We light-footed it out of there before we were caught.
From Middle English liȝtfoted, liht fotyd, alteration of earlier lyghtfote, liȝtt-fot (“light-footed”), equivalent to light + foot + -ed.
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