INDEX:
1. to go somewhere or do something very quickly
2. what you say to tell someone to hurry
3. to make someone hurry
4. done quickly because you are hurrying
5. to be in a situation in which you must hurry
6. what you say to tell someone not to hurry
7. not hurrying
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1. to go somewhere or do something very quickly
▷ hurry /ˈhʌriǁˈhɜːri/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to go somewhere or do something more quickly than usual, for example because you are late or because you must finish something by a particular time :
▪ Please hurry - this is an emergency.
▪ We have plenty of time, there’s no need to hurry.
▪ Brewing beer is a long process and should not be hurried.
hurry across/after/away etc
▪ The day was cold, and students hurried across campus to warm classrooms.
▪ Elizabeth disappeared into the crowd and Donald had to hurry after her.
hurry to do something
▪ In the kitchen Paul was hurrying to get the dinner ready before six o'clock.
▷ rush /rʌʃ/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to do something or go somewhere very quickly, often so quickly that you do not do it carefully or properly :
▪ Try to do your work calmly and carefully, without rushing.
▪ The book was rushed into print, and there are a lot of mistakes in it.
▪ If you rush your meals, you’ll get indigestion.
rush out/around/into etc
▪ Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening.
▪ We rushed around trying to get all the information we needed before the end of the week.
rush to do something
▪ Zack rushed to tell her what had happened.
▪ I rushed over to meet him.
rush things
▪ Don’t try to rush things in a new relationship.
▷ dash /dæʃ/ [intransitive verb]
to go somewhere very quickly, usually by running, especially because there is something important or urgent you must do :
dash around/out/into/across etc
▪ Kids were dashing across the playground chasing a ball.
▪ He just dashed into the office and then dashed out again without speaking to anyone.
▪ She dashed off to the airport and just managed to catch her plane.
dash to do something
▪ I dashed downstairs to answer the phone.
▷ in a hurry/in a rush /ɪn ə ˈhʌriǁ-ˈhɜːri, ɪn ə ˈrʌʃ/ [adverb]
if you do something in a hurry or in a rush, you do it too quickly because you do not have much time, usually with the result that you make mistakes :
▪ She had left in a hurry, and had forgotten her driver’s license.
be in a hurry/rush to do something
▪ We were in a hurry to get back to the office.
▪ Why are they in such a rush to sell the house?
▷ hurry through/rush through /ˌhʌri ˈθruːǁˌhɜːri-, ˌrʌʃ ˈθruː/ [transitive phrasal verb]
to hurry in order to finish something in time, often so that you do not do something properly :
▪ She hurried through her breakfast with her eye on the clock.
▪ Don’t rush through the chapters; take notes as you read.
▪ People hurried through their morning chores, wanting to get to the fair.
▷ hurriedly /ˈhʌrɪdliǁˈhɜːr-/ [adverb] written
if you do something hurriedly, you do it very quickly because you do not have much time :
▪ He dressed hurriedly and went to answer the door.
▪ The official hurriedly glanced through my papers and stamped my passport.
▪ ‘Sorry,’ Alice said, as she hurriedly put out her cigarette.
▷ in haste /ɪn ˈheɪst/ [adverb] especially written
if you do something in haste, you do it too quickly and without taking enough care - used especially in literature :
▪ She had married in haste and regretted it ever since.
in your haste to do something
because you want to do something very quickly
▪ In his haste to leave, he almost forgot his coat.
2. what you say to tell someone to hurry
▷ hurry up /ˌhʌri ˈʌpǁˌhɜːri-/ [intransitive phrasal verb not in progressive or past] spoken :
▪ Hurry up or you’ll be late for school.
▪ If you want tickets, you’d better hurry up. There’s only a few left.
hurry up and do something
▪ Hurry up and get your things, it’s time to go.
▷ come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/
say this when you want someone to hurry, especially when you are annoyed with them for being too slow :
▪ Come on, you two, we’re going to be late.
▪ Oh come on! We don’t have all day!
▷ get a move on also get moving especially American /ˌget ə ˈmuːv ɒn, ˌget ˈmuːvɪŋ/ [] spoken
to start to do something or go somewhere more quickly than before :
▪ Come on Sally, get a move on!
▪ I think we’d better get moving, it’s only five minutes to boarding time.
▷ step on it /ˈstep ɒn ɪt/ [verb phrase] spoken
say this when you want someone who is driving to hurry :
▪ Step on it. We have a plane to catch.
▪ You’ll have to step on it if you’re going to be there by eleven thirty.
▷ get cracking /get ˈkrækɪŋ/ [verb phrase] British spoken
to start working quickly :
▪ Get cracking you people! I want the whole house cleaned by four o'clock.
get cracking doing something
▪ When Alf arrives we’ll get cracking moving the furniture.
get cracking with
▪ It’s time you got cracking with your homework.
▷ jump to it /ˈdʒʌmp tʊ ɪt/ [verb phrase] British spoken
say this when you are ordering someone to do something quickly :
▪ I need to have that job done before lunch. Come on, jump to it!
3. to make someone hurry
▷ hurry somebody up /ˌhʌri somebody ˈʌpǁˌhɜːri-/ [transitive phrasal verb]
▪ They’re taking a long time to finish. Can you hurry them up a little?
▪ I think she’s nearly finished packing. I’ll go hurry her up.
▷ rush/hurry /rʌʃ, ˈhʌriǁˈhɜːri/ [transitive verb]
to make someone hurry, especially when you are impatient, and so that they do not have time to do something carefully or properly :
▪ I wish you wouldn’t hurry me. I’m being as quick as I can.
▪ Don’t rush me! You’ll only make me get it wrong.
▪ I’m sorry to rush you, but we don’t have much time left.
▷ chivvy somebody along /ˌtʃɪvi somebody əˈlɒŋǁ -əˈlɔːŋ/ [transitive phrasal verb] British informal
to try to make someone do something more quickly, by repeatedly telling them to hurry :
▪ He’ll get the job done, but you need to chivvy him along a bit.
4. done quickly because you are hurrying
▷ hurried /ˈhʌridǁˈhɜːrid/ [adjective usually before noun]
done very quickly because you are in a hurry :
▪ After a hurried dinner, the boys do their homework or watch TV.
▪ They made a hurried search for the missing letters, but they couldn’t find them.
▪ Her handwriting looked shaky and hurried.
▷ quick /kwɪk/ [adjective only before noun]
a quick look, meal, visit, decision etc is done very quickly, because you do not have much time :
▪ Do I have time for a quick shower?
▪ Could I just make a quick phone call?
▪ The house is priced for a quick sale.
▷ rushed /rʌʃt/ [adjective]
something that is rushed is done very quickly, often too quickly to do it carefully or properly; someone who is rushed does things very quickly, often so that it is not done carefully or properly :
▪ People have complained that the doctors seem rushed, with too many patients to see in a day.
▪ The actors’ performances were needlessly rushed.
▷ hasty /ˈheɪsti/ [adjective usually before noun]
done very quickly and without much care or attention, because you have very little time :
▪ He only had time for a hasty glance at the papers.
▪ ‘I have to go now,’ said Alex, bidding them a hasty goodbye.
hastily [adverb]
▪ I managed to leave a hastily scribbled note for John.
▷ frantic /ˈfræntɪk/ [adjective usually before noun]
in a frantic situation, people are rushing around in a confused way, especially because they are worried that they will not have time to do something or get something :
▪ Before the game there was a frantic rush to get the last few remaining tickets.
▪ The staff spent three frantic days trying to get everything ready.
▪ Throughout the night, everyone mopped floors and washed walls in a frantic effort to clean the place up for the inspectors.
frantically [adverb]
▪ Mel was frantically trying to finish all her work before the deadline.
▷ feverish /ˈfiːv ə rɪʃ/ [adjective only before noun]
feverish activity/preparations/ haste etc
when people are hurrying to finish something, in an excited way, and when there is not much time to do it in :
▪ The show was about to begin and behind the stage there were scenes of feverish activity.
▪ Feverish preparations were being made for the arrival of the President.
feverishly [adverb]
▪ Negotiators worked feverishly late into the night to hammer out an agreement.
▷ a rush job /ə ˌrʌʃ ˈdʒɒbǁ-ˈdʒɑːb/ [noun phrase] informal
a piece of work that is done too quickly and therefore not as well as it should be done, especially because there is not enough time :
▪ I don’t want a rush job. I want this work done right.
▪ Getting back into condition after a serious injury can’t be a rush job.
5. to be in a situation in which you must hurry
▷ be in a hurry /biː ɪn ə ˈhʌriǁ-ˈhɜːri/ [verb phrase]
▪ I’m sorry, I’m in a hurry. I can’t stop now.
▪ Some people always seem to be in a hurry.
be in a hurry to do something
▪ Would you like to stay for a coffee, or are you in a hurry to leave?
▷ be pushed/pressed for time /biː ˌpʊʃt, ˌprest fəʳ ˈtaɪm/ [verb phrase]
to be in a situation when you must hurry because you do not have enough time for what you have to do :
▪ I don’t want to seem rude but I’m very pressed for time. Could I call you back later?
▪ I can’t stop right now, I’m a little pushed for time.
▷ work/race against the clock /ˌwɜːʳk, ˌreɪs əgenst ðə ˈklɒkǁ-ˈklɑːk/ [verb phrase]
to work as quickly as you can because you only have a short time to finish something :
▪ In advertising you’re always working against the clock, trying to meet deadlines.
work/race against the clock to do something
▪ We really had to work against the clock to finish the report on time.
▷ a race against time /ə ˌreɪs əgenst ˈtaɪm/ [noun phrase]
a situation in which you have to work extremely quickly, especially in order to do something very important, because there is not much time to do it in :
▪ Battleship repair crews swung into action in a race against time
▪ In an urgent race against time, the Coast Guard and marine biologists struggled to rescue a whale that had beached itself on the shore.
▷ rush /rʌʃ/ [singular noun]
a situation or time in which you hurry :
▪ I had forgotten my wallet in the usual Monday morning rush.
▪ There was a furious rush to have everything ready for the opening night.
6. what you say to tell someone not to hurry
▷ there’s no hurry/there’s no rush /ðeəʳz ˌnəʊ ˈhʌriǁ-ˈhɜːri, ðeəʳz ˌnəʊ ˈrʌʃ/:
▪ There’s no hurry. The train never leaves on time.
▪ You can hand in your report any time next week. There’s no rush.
▷ take your time /ˌteɪk jɔːʳ ˈtaɪm/
say this when you want someone to do something more slowly and without hurrying, especially so that they do it carefully and properly :
▪ Take your time, think the matter over carefully, and then tell me what you’ve decided.
▪ Just take your time, and speak slowly and clearly.
▷ what’s the hurry?/what’s the rush? /ˌwɒts ðə ˈhʌriǁ-ˈhɜːri, ˌwɒts ðə ˈrʌʃ/
say this when someone is trying to do something quickly and you do not think they need to hurry :
▪ What’s the hurry? The plane doesn’t leave for another two hours.
▪ ‘I’d better go.’ ‘Why? What’s the rush?’
7. not hurrying
▷ be in no hurry/not be in any hurry /biː ɪn ˌnəʊ ˈhʌri, nɒt biː ɪn eni ˈhʌriǁ-ˈhɜːri/ [verb phrase]
to not be in a hurry, because you have plenty of time :
▪ I’m in no hurry. I can wait.
▪ He wasn’t in any hurry, so he decided to take a look around town.
be in no hurry/not be in any hurry to do something
be very slow to do something, perhaps too slow
▪ Danny seemed in no hurry to pay me the money he owed me.
▷ unhurried /ʌnˈhʌridǁ-ˈhɜː-/ [adjective]
done slowly and calmly, without hurrying :
▪ He swam gracefully, with easy, unhurried strokes.
▪ It’s a community of old trees, big houses, and an unhurried life.
▪ She walked along, calm and unhurried.
▷ leisurely /ˈleʒəʳliǁˈliː-/ [adjective usually before noun]
a leisurely activity or way of doing something is pleasantly slow and relaxed, and done without hurrying :
▪ She enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and had time to read the newspaper.
▪ The horse walked at a leisurely pace through the flat Fenland countryside.