HURRY


Meaning of HURRY in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a hurried/swift exit (= very quick )

The family made a hurried exit, leaving many of their belongings behind.

a quick/hasty/hurried breakfast

I grabbed a quick breakfast and ran to the bus stop.

make a quick/hurried etc exit

I chatted to a few people, then made a quick exit.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

across

She slipped out of the kitchen and hurried across to the stables to warn her friend.

The sentries at the Yalu River checkpoint aimed their rifles at me instead of letting me hurry across .

The two women hurried across to the main doors of the bank.

Fifty-One Julie Craig heard the car pull up in the driveway and hurried across to the landing window-to look out.

along

She hurries along the street, looking straight in front of her.

She saw a figure hurrying along the pavement towards her, and realised that it was Marco.

So she stopped off at her floor and hurried along to her room.

She hurried along the path, past matching stone lions, up a few stairs to the imposing door.

He hurried along the deserted early-morning pavements to the cinema.

She jumped out of the car and hurried along the road, ignoring the colourful epithet that followed her.

There's loads of shops with their lights on and traffic and people hurrying along the pavement.

The next instant, dizzy with the excitement that possessed her, she was hurrying along the corridor towards his office.

away

Donald said, what can one do, and we both pretended to shrug it off, to hurry away .

Ministers emerged as tight-lipped as they had entered, shirking the cameras and hurrying away with serious expressions.

The swans and the kingfisher watched the rest of the creatures hurrying away .

Then recollecting himself, he nodded and hurried away .

He turned and, summoning two of his fellows across, hurried away , whispering something to his companions.

Then he hurried away towards the main square.

back

I thanked him and hurried back to the hotel to rejoin the others.

Aim was doubtful but sufficient to send the attackers hurrying back .

She recovered, started off again, abruptly halted, wheeled, and hurried back through the doors behind the priest.

The Prince was hurt in the fight, but got better and was hurried back to Ruritania.

He takes a cursory look inside, then hurries back to the cabin.

And besides, she told herself as she hurried back to the van, it was kinder to do it impersonally.

Renie wiped his hands on his pants as he hurried back to his seat.

better

There was no one about in the woods, so she'd better hurry back to the town as fast as she could.

down

As they hurried down dusty, echoing staircases, Mungo began to wonder whether he would have enough money.

John hurried down from parachute school, bringing his jump partner, Reeve Schley.

As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle.

She hurried down to the hall to see with her own eyes.

Without hesitation, the sergeant swung round and hurried down the stairs as lightly as his own considerable bulk would allow.

The bar crowd went after, hurrying down single-file and loud.

John caught Sarah's arm and hustled her into the sitting room while Emily hurried down the stairs to join them.

They all crossed the road and hurried down an open field, and then he jumped another fence.

downstairs

Pull yourself together, she told herself, and hurried downstairs .

I dumped a drawer or two, knocked over a lamp, and hurried downstairs .

She hurried downstairs and saw Sam Morgan standing beside the van, smiling at her encouragingly.

Once she'd finished in the bathroom, she hurried downstairs to collect her shawl.

As he hurried downstairs he heard Buddie leave the house and Lady the bulldog barking excitedly in the yard.

The dress really wasn't right, though. - Remembering the soufflé, she hurried downstairs .

Anxious as she was about the neighbours, she couldn't help laughing as she hurried downstairs .

She spun away from the mirror and hurried downstairs , forcing the curling tension aside.

forward

They hurried forward , ignoring the planes.

Trondur had hurried forward to fetch his biggest harpoon which he kept strapped across the bows.

A sergeant hurried forward and clicked his heels.

home

To this the tiger agreed, and taking the oxen with him for safety, the farmer hurried home .

Angrily I buckled my trousers and hurried home to report the fraud to Aunt Pat.

I've never had a better incentive to hurry home .

The girls hurried home to tell their skeptical parents, who reluctantly provided the necessary dresses, gloves and veils.

HAR-ROOMF! - and hurried home for his supper.

I hurry home , do my homework, listen to the radio and read.

I would have liked to have heard it again at the second service but Dad made us hurry home .

in

At that moment, Andrew hurried in , slightly out of breath.

They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors.

He hurried in with her and the door was quickly shut again.

About 3,500 Kurds came to Britain last May and June, before a visa requirement was hurried in to stem an influx.

When he received the despairing note from Sien he hurried in to see her.

In response to the two presses of the chair button Galvone hurried in to the living room.

off

Do you have to hurry off , or can you stay and have dinner with me later?

At that point, the solemn political discussion between Eleanor and young Joe ended abruptly, and Eleanor hurried off to bed.

Stephen gave an absent-minded nod and hurried off to solve the next problem.

Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.

The way he shook me off , as soon as you left us, and hurried off down the river like that.

I must find a shoemaker who would fix them on the spot, so l hurried off .

Rosalind gladly let the police-sergeant take away the envelope and hurried off , singing, to telephone to Richard.

Phil told him as they hurried off .

on

Kicking aside a shattered bone, he hurried on .

But the wind was favorable and they hurried on .

He did not acknowledge Conroy, but hurried on down with that glazed look of some one already encased in their next entrance.

He urged his colleagues to hurry on farther with him.

He hurried on , sighting Clare and Underwood in the distance just turning off the main road up the hill.

Looking for part-time work? Hurry on down to Fannie Mae.

On no account should it be regarded as something through which the traveller passes quickly while hurrying on to the next destination.

The first man cycled to the first mark and left the cycle and hurried on , on foot.

out

With an odd sigh, and a funny little shake of his head, he turned and hurried out .

The bathroom door opened and Renie hurried out , buckling his belt.

Then she hurried out to the kitchen to tell them all the news.

Papa was hurrying out of the main building with another suitcase.

I heard Marcus putting food in my bowl and hurried out to the kitchen.

Suzanne hurried out , bearing the school bus.

He hurried out into the forecourt, and on.

Calling to Lizzie to put the kettle oD, she hurried out to the hammock and spread herself there to wait.

over

They rode slowly to avoid splashing, although the horses' instinct clearly was to hurry over .

Dead on cue the runner hurries over to Eli to answer his question.

The journey is a long one, but it is hurried over in a few words.

Still in her wrap, she had hurried over to the drawer where the letters were kept.

Three days' journey on into the desert are hurried over in a verse, and then the people run out of water.

Retrieving his Browning he hurried over to where he had last seen the gunman.

I hurry over in that direction.

please

But please hurry up if you want to avoid the nerve damage and deformity that result from long-term exposure to the germ.

round

All three hurried round the side of the house and issued through the gates on to the road.

Fretting, he thought of hurrying round to have it out with him, whatever it was.

He leapt out of his side and hurried round to help her down.

Jack hurried round to hold open the driver's door.

I hurried round the corner to where I'd parked Armstrong and climbed aboard.

She hurried round to Mozart's apartment, where she found Constanze in a terrible state, though trying to keep calm.

They climbed out and hurried round to the back of the van to open the doors.

through

Carson let the door swing behind him, hurrying through into the sitting room and reaching for the receiver.

Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table, pulling the envelopes from her handbag.

Folly threw on a dressing-gown and hurried through to answer it, praying that it wouldn't be Luke.

Major health service legislation was not completed, but other legislation was hurried through .

up

The coachman took my luggage and called me to hurry up .

The minute Mooney and Carper came out of the kitchen, she hurried up Main Street.

He hurried up the aisle of the church, showing his palms by way of apology when he reached his place.

Gabriel hurried up to try to hear what was said, but the door closed in her face.

Belinda thought as she hurried up the front steps.

Oh Emma, Emma. Hurry up .

How many pieces of fruit do I have altogether? Hurry up !

Come on, hurry up and get out of here.

■ NOUN

need

There was now no need to hurry .

■ VERB

come

They were waiting for the lift when they saw a man come hurrying in through the swing doors.

Ada, come on, hurry up.

Zoser came hurrying out of the church and joined his wife.

A tall man in a cloth cap came after, hurrying to catch them up.

The old steward came hurrying up, huffing and puffing, but Carey snarled at him so he slunk away.

Rosa came hurrying , and Michele gave the housekeeper some rapid orders before carrying Luce up to her room.

The Governor licked his lips, aware that they were once more dry. Come on, hurry up and get out of here.

Michael came hurrying towards Sean at the top of the aisle and took Noreen's other arm.

tell

He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later.

The washing sort of turns me on and I tell her to hurry up.

Pull yourself together, she told herself, and hurried downstairs.

His stepmother told him to hurry up.

And besides, she told herself as she hurried back to the van, it was kinder to do it impersonally.

He told me not to hurry , that he had till six-thirty in the morning to listen if I wanted to practice.

But Will told her not to hurry .

Phil told him as they hurried off.

try

Don't try to hurry the programme of exercises, which should take about twenty minutes or so.

Alice said a quick hello and tried to hurry into the front room, but Duvall called her back.

Graham was only a little impatient, and he knew better than to try to hurry Slater up.

He'd tried to hurry Eloise away, to sidetrack the woman standing in their path.

Lorton knew Fred too well to try to hurry him.

Means to try to hurry things along.

turn

With an odd sigh, and a funny little shake of his head, he turned and hurried out.

He pointed, then turned and hurried through a dark door-way at the back of his little shop.

This strange mood seemed to leave her then, and she turned and hurried back to Sikes' house.

It turned and hurried away into the darkness.

Coming to a decision, she turned and hurried down the stairs.

wish

Meals are not just about eating, they are about talking and not wishing to hurry into another room for coffee.

He dearly wished they would hurry up and tell him what to do.

Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up.

Part of her was wishing they would hurry up and the other part was hoping they'd take for ever!

Consequently, they are sometimes taken by employed people who wish to hurry things through.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Brewing beer is a long process and should not be hurried.

Elizabeth disappeared into the crowd and Donald had to hurry after her.

In the kitchen Paul was hurrying to get the dinner ready before six o'clock.

Please hurry - this is an emergency.

The day was cold, and students hurried across campus to warm classrooms.

Their mother hurried the children across the street.

We have plenty of time, there's no need to hurry .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As the warriors turned to fight, Joseph hurried the helpless ones towards the gorge into which Canyon Creek ran.

Below her a gigantic cat head also dozes, while a furtive, headless male figure hurries off to the left.

Fand, standing guard outside the Tower, had warned her to hurry .

I do not agree with this frenetic trend to hurry children toward paper-and-pencil drills and skills.

Kicking aside a shattered bone, he hurried on.

The rare passersby hurried, emitting puffs of vapor from their nostrils.

While he was packing, the letter from Izz and Marian arrived, and made him hurry even more.

Who of the young but hurried forth?

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

great

Boys had a way of doing things in a great hurry and then regretting them afterwards.

It should have told us something that we were in no great hurry .

They ran away in a great hurry .

The other type, speedsters, are in a great hurry to get the piece out.

They married in a great hurry and then she told him that by marrying she'd lost her 50 a year!

Finally I hurried to the kitchen, where I washed in a great hurry.

He was surely in no great hurry for the money.

Nobody seemed in any great hurry .

■ VERB

leave

Ilsa's chair was at an angle as if she had left in a hurry .

The Raiders packed up their victory and left in a hurry .

Mortimer left in a hurry , caught his plane, and was standing bewigged at the Old Bailey the next day.

Sorry I had to leave in such a hurry .

He'd declined the butler's offer to take his coat: he might want to leave in a hurry .

It looked as if some one had left in a hurry .

seem

She seemed in no hurry to have them come, for her patience was equalled by her confidence.

He seemed in a hurry to get away to his next appointment.

No one seemed in any hurry to address the question of birth.

They seemed in no hurry to escort their prisoners into the valley.

But no one seemed in any hurry to do so.

He seemed in no hurry to dash off and be a hero.

Nobody seemed in any great hurry .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be in a tearing hurry

She was sorry for this little man and his problem but she was in a tearing hurry.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But she made it to daylight in one hell of a hurry .

Cars went past in a hurry to somewhere.

Habibi was an impatient horse and was always in a hurry to do everything before she was even asked.

He raised the gun and without hurry brought it down upon my skull.

The Bears will have to find cohesion in a hurry .

The Raiders packed up their victory and left in a hurry .

What are they in such a hurry for?

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