(hurries, ~ing, hurried)
1.
If you ~ somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can.
Claire hurried along the road...
Bob hurried to join him, and they rode home together.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
2.
If you ~ to do something, you start doing it as soon as you can, or try to do it quickly.
Mrs Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday...
There was no longer any reason to ~.
VERB: V to-inf, V
3.
If you are in a ~ to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a ~, you do it quickly or suddenly.
Kate was in a ~ to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience...
N-SING: usu in a N, oft N to-inf
4.
To ~ something means the same as to ~ up something.
...The President’s attempt to ~ the process of independence.
VERB: V n
5.
If you ~ someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly.
They say they are not going to be hurried into any decision...
I don’t want to ~ you.
= rush
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
6.
If you say to someone ‘There’s no ~’ or ‘I’m in no ~’ you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
I’ll need to talk with you, but there’s no ~...
PHRASE
7.
If you are in no ~ to do something, you are very unwilling to do it.
I love it at St Mirren so I’m in no ~ to go anywhere...
PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR to-inf, PHR for n