(~s, hustling, ~d)
1.
If you ~ someone, you try to make them go somewhere or do something quickly, for example by pulling or pushing them along.
The guards ~d Harry out of the car...
VERB: V n prep/adv
2.
If you ~, you go somewhere or do something as quickly as you can.
You’ll have to ~ if you’re to get home for supper...
They had finished the exam and the teacher was hustling to get the papers gathered up.
VERB: V, V to-inf
3.
If someone ~s, they try to earn money or gain an advantage from a situation, often by using dishonest or illegal means. (mainly AM)
We’re expected to ~ and fight for what we want...
I ~d some tickets from a magazine and off we went.
VERB: V, V n from n
4.
Hustle is busy, noisy activity.
Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the ~ and bustle of London...
= bustle
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