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to rush

to rush

403 1.0
To make a person or thing move quickly
  • verb
  • /rʌʃ/
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  • 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.

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Examples

  • They needed to rush, you know, get it to market fast.

  • I have a lot of stuff, so I will rush you through.

  • Like, like, I think people rush into that too much.

  • Listen, but he sometimes seems to rush to get back to work.

  • So I was just thinking, why rush?

  • Let's not rush but slowly walk together

  • I do not like to be rushed.

  • You shouldn't rush this, Doc.

  • That's why you don't want them to rush into it, right?

  • She urged her team to rush through the presentation to meet the deadline.

Synonyms

to hurry up
vsto rush
  • Informal
637 1.0

To move or act more quickly to avoid being late

is used to cause or urge others or things to move quickly
to speed
vsto rush
191 1.0

To make something move or happen faster

is used to urge people as well as to make things move faster
to hurry
vsto rush
97 1.0

To make someone move or work faster than they want

is less forceful and not necessarily uncomfortable when urging speed
to hustle
vsto rush
89 4.2

Move quickly and with energy, often because you are in a hurry

is about urging speed without energetic or busy force
to hasten
vsto rush
12 4.6

Make something happen sooner

is about urging people or things to act quickly rather than focusing on timing
to rush out
vsto rush
1 3.2

To make a product or update ready quickly after a problem

is used for causing or urging general movement or action not only releases
1 3.9

Move or work faster to finish sooner

is about causing or urging individuals to act quickly rather than overall pace

Antonyms

562 1.4

To make something happen later than planned

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

Idioms

9.9

To go quickly to the toilet because you have to pee or poo

Phrasal Verbs

36 3.1

Act quickly without thinking, for example by going into a place

20 3.8

Leave suddenly because you are in a hurry

9 3.3

To run out quickly from a hiding place to surprise someone

2 2.5

Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry

1 3.2

To make a product or update ready quickly after a problem

To move quickly in one direction

to bum rush
  • Informal
1 9.6

To push into a place quickly and forcefully as a crowd

Compounds

49 2.3

Times at the start and end of the work day when traffic is heavy

6 3.6

A sudden time when many people start a new business to try to get rich

6 3.0

A time when many people go quickly to a place to look for gold

bum's rush
  • Archaic
2 9.5

A quick, rude way to make someone leave

A sudden strong feeling that makes you active and excited

7.8

A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes

cotton rush
  • Specialized
9.3

A plant that grows in bogs with white fluffy flower heads

A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground

A tall marsh plant people use to make papyrus

8.8

A tall wild plant with stiff round stems that grows in wet places

jointed rush
  • Australian
8.4

A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections

A water plant with thin leaves that adds oxygen to aquarium water

A water plant with thin leaves used in aquariums to add oxygen

rush grass
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin tough stems that grows in wet places like marshes

rush nut
  • Archaic
9.9

A plant that grows near water and has nut-like parts you can eat

rush aster
  • Specialized
9.1

A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America

rush candle
  • Archaic
9.9

A candle that uses a plant stem as the wick and animal fat to make light

rush family
  • Specialized
6.1

A family of grass-like plants with round stems that grow in wet places

A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground

9.9

A woody plant from the southeastern United States that has yellow flowers

paper rush
  • Archaic
9.9

A tall marsh plant by the Nile whose stems are used to make paper

scouring rush
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with rough, jointed stems that people once used to clean pots

9.9

A small grass-like plant that grows in wet, low ground

slender rush
  • Specialized
8.1

A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes

slender spike rush
  • Specialized
9.0

A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water

8.9

A tall grass-like plant with soft upright stems that grows in wet places

spike rush
  • Specialized
8.9

A thin grass-like plant that grows in wet places like marshes

A plant with hollow striped stems used to scrub pots

How Fast

to rush
403 1.0
to hurry
97 1.0

Surface Forms

rush infinitive
rushed past
rushed past participle
rushing present participle
rushes third person singular

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.