hurry (noun)

  • 1hurry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, real, tearing (esp. BrE), terrible (esp. BrE) ▪ I was late for work and in a big hurry. PREPOSITION ▪ …

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  • 2hurry up and wait — US informal used to describe a situation in which you are forced to spend a lot of time waiting My father says that all he did in the army was hurry up and wait. sometimes used as a noun phrase Traveling often involves a lot of hurry up and wait …

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  • 3hurry — ► VERB (hurries, hurried) ▪ move or act quickly or more quickly. ► NOUN ▪ great haste; urgency. ● in a hurry Cf. ↑in a hurry DERIVATIVES hurried …

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  • 4hurry-skurry — noun see hurry scurry …

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  • 5hurry-skurry — noun To hurry; act hurriedly …

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  • 6hurry call — noun : an emergency summons * * * hurry call, a call for immediate help in an emergency …

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  • 7hurry — hur|ry1 [ hʌri ] verb intransitive ** to do something or move somewhere very quickly: We must hurry or we shall be late back. Alec had to hurry home, but I stayed on. hurry along/through/into: She hurried along the corridor toward his office. He… …

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  • 8hurry — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time: The movie begins as six we ll have to hurry. | hurry through/along/down etc: She hurried down the corridor as fast as she could. | …

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  • 9hurry — I UK [ˈhʌrɪ] / US verb Word forms hurry : present tense I/you/we/they hurry he/she/it hurries present participle hurrying past tense hurried past participle hurried ** [intransitive] to do something or to move somewhere very quickly We must hurry …

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  • 10hurry*/ — [ˈhʌri] verb [I/T] I to do something or to move somewhere very quickly, or to make someone do this We must hurry or we ll be late.[/ex] Alex had to hurry home, but I decided to stay.[/ex] She hurried along the corridor towards his office.[/ex]… …

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