to hurry
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- verb
- /ˈhɜːri/
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darse prisa
- If we don't hurry, we will miss the beginning of the movie.
- Please hurry
- hurry home
- hurry back
I wish I could just hurry with this life of mine.
- I wish I could just hurry with this life of mine.
- And he's like, OK, if you hurry, you can go into the wood line.
- So yeah, I guess we need to hurry a little bit.
- Just I don't want to be, I want to hurry back to my Gran, that sort of thing.
- Flight is still on a tarmac you but you must hurry right.
- So the moral is then if you're going to write something, do it now, keep it to yourself, hurry and, and get it out there.
- And now I'm, you know, now I'm feeling like I have to hurry because because there's more listeners to the podcast now than when we started, honestly.
- Something like Santa, baby, honey, down the chimp, honey, honey, hurry down the chimney tonight.
Examples
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There are screams as the teachers hurry students inside and barricade the doors.
Academic text (2012) -
We've got to hurry if we wanna be there by sundown.
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So yeah, I guess we need to hurry a little bit.
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I need to hurry and order more.
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Oh see, we got to hurry up.
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Hey, we need to hurry before Ma get back.
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- We'll have to hurry.
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But, time is running out and Chris must hurry before it is too late.
Academic text (2012) -
Brother Francis, we must hurry back.
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We need to hurry!
Synonyms
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To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
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To move or act quickly because a situation needs it
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To move or travel quickly, often faster than allowed
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To move or work very quickly to reach a goal
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2.3
To move very quickly from one place to another
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3.9
Move quickly to do something
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2.7
To move quickly in one direction
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8.2
To move quickly with short, hurried steps when you feel nervous
To move or act quickly because you are in a hurry
Made quickly without enough care because there is little time
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Etymology
Hurry as a verb probably began from the same quick sound hurr people used to tell others to move, so to hurry means 'to move or act quickly' when there is little time.