to hurry to do sth
1hurry up (with something) — ˌhurry ˈup (with sth) derived to do sth more quickly because there is not much time • I wish the bus would hurry up and come. • Hurry up! We re going to be late. • Hurry up with the scissors. I need them. Main entry: ↑ …
2hurry — hur|ry1 [ˈhʌri US ˈhə:ri] v past tense and past participle hurried present participle hurrying third person singular hurries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably copying the action] 1.) [I and T] to do something or go somewhere more quickly than… …
3hurry — 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. | …
4hurry somebody up — ˌhurry sb/sthˈup derived to make sb do sth more quickly; to make sth happen more quickly • Can you do anything to hurry my order up? Main entry: ↑hurryderived …
5hurry something up — ˌhurry sb/sthˈup derived to make sb do sth more quickly; to make sth happen more quickly • Can you do anything to hurry my order up? Main entry: ↑hurryderived …
6in a hurry to do something — in a ˈhurry to do sth idiom impatient to do sth • My daughter is in such a hurry to grow up. • Why are you in such a hurry to sell? Main entry: ↑hurryidiom …
7in a hurry — adverb : in a short time or at a fast rate : hurriedly, speedily they are not translations to be read in a hurry; they do not yield their charm easily T.S.Eliot the new grammar can be taught in a hurry by a nonlinguist MacCurdy Burnet * * * in a… …
8somebody will not do something again in a hurry — sb will not do sth again in a ˈhurry idiom (informal) used to say that sb does not want to do sth again because it was not enjoyable • I won t be going there again in a hurry the food was terrible. Main entry: ↑hurryidiom …
9make it snappy — HURRY (UP), be quick (about it), get a move on, look lively, speed up; informal get cracking, step on it, move it, buck up, shake a leg; Brit. informal get your skates on; …
10rush — rush1 W3S2 [rʌʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly)¦ 2 rush to do something 3¦(do something too quickly)¦ 4¦(take/send urgently)¦ 5¦(make somebody hurry)¦ 6¦(liquid)¦ 7¦(blood)¦ 8¦(attack)¦ 9¦(american universities)¦ 10¦(a …
