on the hoof

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on the hoof - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoof \Hoof\, v. i.
     1. To walk as cattle. [R.] --William Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be on a tramp; to foot. [Slang, U.S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To hoof it, to foot it.
  
     On the hoof, of cattle, standing (on the hoof); not
        slaughtered.
  
     beef on the hoof, live cattle.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]