to rush
- verb
- /rʌʃ/
- And so many people try to just rush through things so quickly.
- rush forward
- rush in to cover
- rushing water
We have to rush to the vet now.
- We have to rush to the vet now.
- Here's what I would say too many people rush to switch.
- Unfortunately it was too late and even as I rushed to the doors they closed.
- It's understanding where the pressures to rush come from.
- I go down that I literally rush down to the field in my pajamas.
- And people aren't rushing to go study there.
- And he says that the actor allows the passions to rush on to their stage.
- He had been painted as a wife beater by a media that rushed to canonize Amber Heard.
- All of that is true, but it doesn't mean you rush the story.
- The very last thing we see is she just rushes into his arms and hugs him.
- They started things they could rush into the night and do something.
Examples
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So they all had to rush off to the hospital.
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I've now got to rush straight off to the gym.
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What do you think will happen if you rush over?
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I had to rush over here.
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We have to rush to the vet now.
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The thing about partnerships is people rush into it too soon.
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Men working late at their jobs rushed home to rescue their families.
Academic text (2011) -
Suddenly, three students rushed in asking me to help them find a silent-reading book for class.
Academic text (2013) -
John Tate, the small man with a monocle, was rushing by in a hurry, looking for passengers.
Fiction book (1990) -
We need to rush to finish the project before the deadline.
Synonyms
To move or act quickly because there is little time
To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
To move very quickly in one direction
To move or travel quickly, often faster than allowed
Climb quickly using your hands and feet on steep or rough ground
Enter or appear suddenly with energy
To move or work very quickly to reach a goal
Move quickly and with energy, often because you are in a hurry
To move very quickly to reach a place
To move quickly with short, hurried steps because you feel afraid or rushed
To move very quickly for a short time
Move quickly to do something
Run quickly toward a place or thing to reach it first
To go quickly to a place, often used in old writing
To move or act suddenly with more speed for a short time
To move quickly on foot
To move quickly in one direction
To push into a place quickly and forcefully as a crowd
To move very quickly in a straight, forceful way
To move suddenly and fast in one direction
Move very fast along a street or path
To move quickly by car or on foot
To move very quickly, usually by running or driving
To move or act quickly because you are in a hurry
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Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- UK
A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes
A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground
- Australian
A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections
- Specialized
A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America
A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground
- Specialized
A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes
- Specialized
A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb rush comes from the idea of a sudden 'push' forward, so to rush is to move or act quickly and with urgency.