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verb (hurries, hurrying, hurried)
[no object] move or act with haste; rush:we’d better hurry servants hurried around [often in imperative] (
hurry up)
do something more quickly:hurry up and finish your meal [with object] cause to move or proceed with haste:she hurried him across the landing [with object] do or finish (something) quickly, typically too quickly:formalities were hurried over
noun
great haste:in my hurry to leave, I knocked over a pile of books [with negative and in questions] a need for haste; urgency:there’s no hurry to get back relax, what’s the hurry?