hurry
/ˈhʌ.ɹi/ verb A2- To do things quickly. · He's hurrying because he's late.
- Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something. · If you don't hurry (up) you won't finish on time.
- To cause to be done quickly.
- To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
He/she/it hurries · Past hurried · Past participle hurried · -ing form hurrying
Verb forms
- Base form
- hurry
- He/she/it
- hurries
- Past
- hurried
- Past participle
- hurried
- -ing form
- hurrying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
before you hurry by with ladder and with light,
“Indeed!” said Danglars, “he is in too much hurry, it appears to me.”
Morrel; “I will take the first conveyance I find, and hurry to Marseilles, whence I will bring you word how all is going on.”
Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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