I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rush/blast/stream of air
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There was a cold rush of air as she wound down her window.
a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (= a sudden very strong emotion )
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A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.
be taken/rushed/airlifted to hospital British English , be taken/rushed/airlifted to the hospital American English
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Three people were taken to hospital after a crash on the motorway.
frantic pace/rush/haste etc
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There was a frantic rush to escape from the building.
gold rush
mad dash/rush/panic etc
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We all made a mad dash for the door.
rush hour
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I got caught in the morning rush hour.
sudden rush of
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Life is cruel, she thought, with a sudden rush of anger.
the evening rush hour (= the busy time in the evening when a lot of people are travelling home from work )
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There's always congestion on the motorways during the evening rush hour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
headlong
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None the less, Henry did not rush headlong down the road to schism.
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Settlers rushed headlong across the wilderness to claim the best land.
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Rush headlong to the grave with the most outlandish style possible.
on
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He came rushing on to the platform just as a train bound for Debden came in.
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Hatch has rushed on , as well, to the further excess of denouncing appellate judges appointed by Clinton for dissenting opinions.
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Thing is, you've got to grab attention with just one phrase as punters rush on by.
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He rushed on to the stage with a knife, tried to kill her.
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The jitney rushed on into another narrow tunnel.
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But our hopes and fears are irrelevant as the train rushes on .
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Why did life have to rush on so?
■ NOUN
aid
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Two brave men changed direction to rush to his aid , but neither of them even reached the wire.
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He looks up and sees over her shoulder his chauffeur and the yardboy rushing to his aid .
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Players rushed to his aid , but there was little either they or physiotherapist Lawrie Brown could do.
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A lorry driver heard her screams and rushed to her aid .
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Horrified security staff rushed to Boris's aid and saved him from what would have been a hairy trip home.
air
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He runs downhill, loving the feel of the air rushing past him.
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Gao Yang jerked his head around, as his stomach lurched and a pocket of air rushed noisily to his throat.
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Another draught of air entered and rushed about.
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The weather systems were monumental in extent, whole continents of air rushing madly out of Siberia.
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A blast of heated air rushed past, and poisonous smoke belched towards him.
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Later, when you let go of the balloon, the air rushed out.
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A wave of hot air rushed around the fleeing Karnstein and down the tunnel.
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The force of the air rushing out made the balloon move.
blood
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Laura gasped, the blood seeming to rush through her veins with a new, heady warmth.
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His admonishments do more to get my blood rushing than do the miles we travel together around the park.
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Oliver stood for a moment in terror, the blood rushing through him until he felt he was on fire.
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The knife left a thin white trail where the flesh was momentarily parted before the blood rushed in again beneath the skin.
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Thoughts of the night that had just passed set her heart pounding and the blood rushing to her face.
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Perhaps the swing sends the blood rushing to his brain and it gets over-enriched and out of kilter.
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She licks at my toes and fingertips, sucking at them until my blood rushes to greet her touch.
door
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Arthur rushed quickly to the door .
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A few words from the loudspeaker and everyone rose and rushed to the cabin doors .
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Screaming wildly, I rushed to the door and shook it.
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We get on an elevator and immediately rush to close the door button for fear of waiting 10 seconds...
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Afterward, while she was rushing back out the door , I managed to grab hold of her and introduce myself.
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Suddenly I heard a loud scream and rushed to the front door .
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She rushed out the front door , which Mr Holmes can not have closed properly behind him.
foot
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There had been lots of problems, and they were rushed off their feet .
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We're rushed off of our feet .
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He was in livery, and told me he was rushed off his feet .
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We were rushed off our feet yesterday.
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We have people in to help and we're still rushed off our feet .
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Bus managers were expecting to be rushed off their feet .
hospital
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The needle had apparently disappeared into her thigh, so the nuns had rushed her to the hospital .
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Paramedics rushed Weyer to the hospital in downtown Manhattan after he collapsed.
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Susan's cousin, Craig O'Mahoney, was born with heart problems and had to be rushed to a hospital on Tyneside.
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Little Gita was rescued by the firemen and rushed to the hospital .
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He was rushed to Brompton Hospital where for five weeks he lay under continuous oxygen.
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And in one case, three teen-age girls were found unconscious in a trunk and rushed to a local hospital .
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Olson and Vargas were rushed to Tucson area hospitals .
house
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She rushed into the house , throwing her books on a chair.
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After eating a small square of chocolate he became very aggressive and rushed around the house frantically banging doors and kicking furniture.
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When she rushed into the house in Tace Way Stephen wasn't even there.
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Chris said she laughed and he had to rush out of the house or he'd have killed her ....
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He rushed into the house and put the receiver back.
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David rushed out of the house and asked where we were going.
room
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A huge sob caught in her throat as she rushed across the room to slam the door after him.
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I heard the suction of the refrigerator door opening, and then she came rushing back into the room .
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At that point, Achaachi rushed across the room , grabbed Dlimi and told him to stop.
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He asked my permission to call Reagan, and rushed out of the room .
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I rush out of the room , turn the key in the lock ... and what's this?
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His colleagues rushed him to a room in the adjoining New Takanawa Prince Hotel.
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Back at the station, the film was rushed into the cutting room and we caught the programme.
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She seemed to realize some-thing, then turned and rushed to the garden room door.
things
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You do tend to rush into things .
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I wanted to make sure I settled down and not rush through things .
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She had spent her life rushing into things - and this was no time to stop.
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Yanto resisted the urge to rush things .
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Mr Potter says it's as well not to rush things , not this early in my career.
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Intimacy, of a kind; they were both reserved people, they didn't rush things .
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Don't be rushed into things .
water
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Outside there was the noise of water rushing along gutters inadequate to their task.
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The water came rushing into the hold.
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She spat violently. Water rushed over rocks.
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A series of brass grates are arranged in the exhibit, and water rushes throughout.
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As they crossed, the water rushed fiercely below them.
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He opened his mouth to scream his anger and pain, and the water rushed in, eager to silence him.
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The water seemed to rush to meet him.
wind
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The sun was shining brilliantly, for a moment, and the wind rushed full in her face.
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The wind rushed under it, gusting hot grit into our faces.
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Billy felt the wind rushing into the cab as the lorry trundled through the tunnel and he felt relieved.
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I would see below me a landscape of lights, and a wind would rush past my ears.
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The wind rushing up the river shook the whole building, and the rain beat violently against the windows.
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I listen to the wind rushing around the canteen-sized stone.
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A buffeting wind rushed over the land, bringing with it salt that clung insistently to Elisabeth's face.
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The wind rushing about made the maps blow around.
■ VERB
come
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He came rushing on to the platform just as a train bound for Debden came in.
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I heard the suction of the refrigerator door opening, and then she came rushing back into the room.
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When the tea break comes everybody rushes to the model, holding their cups over the plan.
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But as soon as he came , he rushed to the bathroom to shower.
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He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him.
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The recollection of those whispered words came rushing back to haunt her.
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The water came rushing into the hold.
feel
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Billy felt the wind rushing into the cab as the lorry trundled through the tunnel and he felt relieved.
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Then why did he feel rushed ?
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When she went to fetch the water she felt sharp pains rushing through her body.
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The time dilemma, this sense of always feeling rushed , can not be solved just by shutting off the television.
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I felt the blood rush to my centre - legs, fingertips, head all emptying at once in a rush - No!
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be rushed/run off your feet
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All the sales assistants are run off their feet . The shop ought to take on more staff.
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It's my son's birthday party tomorrow. I've been absolutely rushed off my feet getting ready for it.
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Bus managers were expecting to be rushed off their feet .
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He was in livery, and told me he was rushed off his feet .
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Obviously, the emergency services are run off their feet .
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There had been lots of problems, and they were rushed off their feet .
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We were rushed off our feet yesterday.
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
give sb the bum's rush
rush/plunge headlong into sth
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Stockbrokers should prevent their clients from plunging headlong into trouble.
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Up went a roar as he plunged headlong into the stew.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't try to rush things in a new relationship.
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Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening.
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I rushed over to meet him.
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I don't mean to rush you but I really need to get going.
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If you rush your meals, you'll get indigestion.
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Lawrence rushed for 68 yards and one touchdown.
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Police in riot gear rushed the demonstrators.
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She decided to rush the Tri-Delta sorority.
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The book was rushed into print, and there are a lot of mistakes in it.
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There's plenty of time - we don't need to rush .
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Try to do your work calmly and carefully, without rushing.
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Water rushed through the gutters during the heavy thunderstorm.
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We rushed around trying to get all the information we needed before the end of the week.
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Zack rushed to tell her what had happened.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because it was rushed through, another piece of legislation is now needed to put matters right.
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But as it rushed up the side of the church steeple Carol had a fright.
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Fenner had two catches for 24 yards, but did not have a rushing attempt against the Chargers.
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Fools rush on war to make a weaker country their slave.
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He was in livery, and told me he was rushed off his feet.
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However, other people will be rushing you along today.
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The hospitals rush these lower-paid workers on the hospital floor as soon as possible.
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The Raiders have not had a rushing touchdown since Williams scored against Dallas on Nov. 19, 1995.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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But nobody could wait, there was such a big rush .
frantic
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Then there would be a frantic rush to grab an armful of branches and beat out the flames.
gold
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Tonight we're in the town of Kalgoorlie. 100 years ago, they had a gold rush here.
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I never twigged what the gold rush was.
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Homeowners pay hefty commissions to be a part of the gold rush .
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The long avenue is still lined with the iron-laced pubs of the gold rush days, with their wooden verandahs.
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Soon afterwards a gold rush developed to an area known as the Porcupine gold-fields.
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And the gold rush already has begun.
great
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So far, there has not been a great rush to accept the president's invitation, now several years old.
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These are difficult questions to answer despite the great rush of recent material on this matter.
headlong
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The headlong rush by the brewers to switch tenants to long leases is creating misery and hardship.
mad
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Twenty five minutes past twelve came and there was a mad rush to the dinner hall.
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Towards evening I went in search of bed and breakfast; the mad rush to the west could wait.
sudden
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His sudden rush of Anglican devotion remained unexplained and incomprehensible.
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Why the sudden rush of interest?
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At sunset, darkness enveloped the hunting camp in a sudden rush .
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Her grey and white striped silk blouse was clinging damply against her skin in the sudden rush of heat.
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Even in the sudden rush from the Store the nomes had been able to bring quite a lot of stuff.
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Certainly the change in legislation is unlikely to provoke a sudden rush of hitherto tied farm workers from the industry.
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The sudden rush of cooler air as the door was thrust open took her completely by surprise.
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Instead his handshake was firm but controlled - like everything else about him, she thought with a sudden rush of insight.
■ NOUN
adrenalin
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The drinks did it, I know, and the adrenalin rush of the entire evening.
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Hebbert had wound down after the adrenalin rush and was furious at having to crank up again.
blood
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I felt the blood rush to my face.
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We drank and I could feel the blood rush back to my face.
hour
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Yet this was Sunday morning, not the weekday rush hour .
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What rush hour exists is merely a breeze of bicycles.
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Like telephone charges, they can be varied from day to day and between evenings and rush hours .
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Peter suggested keeping on until half an hour into the rush hour but no longer as it looked like being particularly crowded today.
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Ahead of him, the tail-end stragglers of the daily rush hour traffic scurried across Westminster Bridge.
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I got Armstrong fired up and headed towards Hackney, using the back streets to avoid the worst of the rush hour .
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Do not forget to take the rush hour into account.
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At rush hour it is hopeless.
■ VERB
feel
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For an instant Alyssia felt a rush of jealousy, which she just as quickly stamped on.
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I felt the blood rush to my face.
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She felt a rush of disappointment.
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Even a potential ally needs to feel the first rush of adrenal urgency.
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Jolted from his daydreams, Lucien had time only to feel a rush of air as Amber Epipheny swept past him.
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I started to feel the rush as he inhaled.
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Closing his eyes momentarily, he felt a rush of ecstasy pulsing through his body.
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We drank and I could feel the blood rush back to my face.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fools rush in (where angels fear to tread)
give sb the bum's rush
go flying/laughing/rushing etc
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Any minute I expected the poor little madman to go flying in the night, dead.
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Bodies not strapped in by seat belts go flying.
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But shouldn't you try and find out some more about him before you go rushing off?
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It tripped on a book and almost went flying, but it just succeeded in remaining upright.
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So why had she gone rushing north from Lima to see this half-brother of hers?
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Spit went flying, seen by millions.
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The doll and blanket went flying, bounced off the far end of the block, and fell into the make-believe river.
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The next member of the team took his place at the stumps only to see both bails go flying.
rush/plunge headlong into sth
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Stockbrokers should prevent their clients from plunging headlong into trouble.
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Up went a roar as he plunged headlong into the stew.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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rush week
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a rush party
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From the darkness behind her there came a rush of wings.
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I had forgotten my wallet in the usual Monday morning rush .
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Skateboarding is a real rush once you know how to do it.
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Slow down! What's the big rush ?
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The accident happened during the evening rush .
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the Christmas rush
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There was a furious rush to have everything ready for the opening night.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And when you stood hesitating before you unhitched the bow line, rush built to flood.
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But as the rush died down it became apparent that her resolute determination would not be needed.
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But Peacock, 24, is in no rush to quit Tyneside.
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Even with a rush of students, the building maintained its dignity.
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I can write fast enough, and there is no rush .
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Peter suggested keeping on until half an hour into the rush hour but no longer as it looked like being particularly crowded today.