to rush
- verb
- /rʌʃ/
- And I'm always thinking as I'm doing that don't rush, don't rush too much.
- rush to judgment
- feel rushed
- parents tend to rush
You can't rush it, you can't slow it down.
- You can't rush it, you can't slow it down.
- You just tell her you don't want to rush things and you want to take it slow.
- It's there's always more festivals, so don't rush your deadlines.
- All of that is true, but it doesn't mean you rush the story.
- I think just take your time, like don't rush it.
- But you can't sort of rush the science past where the science is.
- It's slow, it takes time and we can't rush it.
- That if someone rushes us or doubts our reality, that we can cut bait.
Examples
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They needed to rush, you know, get it to market fast.
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I have a lot of stuff, so I will rush you through.
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Like, like, I think people rush into that too much.
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Listen, but he sometimes seems to rush to get back to work.
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So I was just thinking, why rush?
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Let's not rush but slowly walk together
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I do not like to be rushed.
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You shouldn't rush this, Doc.
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That's why you don't want them to rush into it, right?
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She urged her team to rush through the presentation to meet the deadline.
Synonyms
To move or act more quickly to avoid being late
To make something move or happen faster
To make someone move or work faster than they want
Move quickly and with energy, often because you are in a hurry
Make something happen sooner
To make a product or update ready quickly after a problem
Move or work faster to finish sooner
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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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Etymology
The verb rush also means to make someone hurry, from the same idea of pushing things forward, so to rush someone is to cause them to go faster.