Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is on the hoof and its meaning is “if you do something on the hoof, you do it quickly without proper planning & attention to detail as you are doing something else at the same time”.
Example Sentence: A competent government does not run a country on the hoof, and it will not steer us through this global health and economic crisis that way.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article UK failed to plan for economic impact of flu-like pandemic, says watchdog and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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