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hurry

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌri/
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Definition of hurry

verb (hurries, hurrying, hurried)

[no object]
  • move or act with great haste: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 with haste:she hurried him across the landing
  • [with object] do or finish (something) quickly or too quickly:formalities were hurried over

noun

[mass 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

Phrases

in a hurry

rushed; in a rushed manner: I’m in rather a hurry
eager to get a thing done quickly:no one seemed in a hurry for the results
[usually with negative] informal easily; readily:an experience you won’t forget in a hurry

Origin:

late 16th century (as a verb): imitative

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