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hurry English

Meaning hurry meaning

What does hurry mean?
Definitions in simple English

hurry Verb

— If you hurry, you move or work quickly. After the speech, he had to hurry out the door to the waiting car. I woke up late and had to hurry through breakfast. My mother urged me to hurry. "You'll be late", she cried, "If you don't hurry!

hurry

— verb (= speed, zip) move very fast The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed — verb (= rush) act or move at high speed We have to rush! hurry--it's late! — noun a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry in a hurry to lock the door — noun (= haste) overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) he soon regretted his haste — noun (= haste) the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner in his haste to leave he forgot his book — verb (= rush) urge to an unnatural speed Don't rush me, please!

Synonyms hurry synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hurry?

hurry English » English

rush hasten haste make haste speed run hustle urge on dash bustle scurry quickly in a hurry hurry up quick expedite race precipitation hurriedness hie hastiness drive on be in a hurry urgency urge scoot quickness quicken press precipitate move quickly hastle flee fast be quick sprint speed up rushing precipitance now look sharp go quickly festinate escape do quickly dart be hasty accelerate zip walk fast

Topics hurry topics

What do people use hurry to talk about?
States Time Speed

Quick
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly

Conjugation hurry conjugation

How do you conjugate hurry?

hurry · verb

Examples hurry examples

How do I use hurry in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You didn't need to hurry.
Hurry, and you will catch the train.
Hurry up, or you will be late for the last train.
Hurry up, or you'll miss the bus.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the train.
Please hurry.
There is no hurry.
If you hurry, you will soon overtake her.
Why are you in such a hurry?
You need not have come in such a hurry.
Hurry up.
Hurry it up!
Let's not be in too much of a hurry.
You'd better hurry up.
Please hurry, it's urgent.
If you hurry up, you will be in time.
I think we'll make it if we hurry.
Hurry up, and you'll catch the bus.
Hurry up, and you'll be in time for school.
If we hurry, we'll make it.

Movie subtitles

We'll be in trouble if the lady comes out. Hurry, let's leave.
Hurry..
Hurry up and take the picture!
Let's hurry up and get out of here.
Young Master, they're saying to hurry up.
I better hurry.
Hurry, hurry, hurry!
Hurry, go inside!
There is one person I have to hurry to meet and punish!
Just hurry back and get her fully recovered.
Hurry up and start.
Hurry and throw it away!
Hurry, Mother!
Hurry up, we'll be late.
Hurry up, you'll be late.
I'm not in a hurry to marry.
Yeah, you're not in such a hurry now, are you?
Hurry back to the Dolphin. Oh, yeah.
Everyone, hurry inside!
Hey, hurry it up. Ten minutes O-2 left.
Why in such a hurry?
Come on, let us hurry!
Let us hurry, the night is short, dawn is close!
They hurry to.
Then, you better hurry up and find someone to replace you. The villa that my hyeong went to, there were some people who knew beforehand, right?
Hurry and come.
It's hurry up and wait.
Let's go. Hurry.
Hurry up and open the door!
I feel like shit, so let's hurry up.
Hurry up and come home!
Hurry up, you two!
Hurry, grab my hand!

News and current affairs

But, unless international thinking gets considerably more realistic in a hurry, what happens in Copenhagen will be anything but wonderful.
Europe, indeed, seems to be in no hurry to give Russia improved access to its markets.
As a result, unlike Wilhelmine Germany, the Chinese are not in a hurry to prove how strong and powerful they have become.
If I need a hundred or so calories in a hurry, I prefer a banana, a handful of nuts, or, for that matter, a delicious candy bar.
Efficient public-sector reform takes time. Governments that trim public expenditures in a hurry rarely make informed choices.
The recent appearance of a new coronavirus, which has killed nine people in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, is a reminder that novel treatments are sometimes needed in a hurry.
The hawks were right to be in a hurry.
The largest CIS economies-Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan-should hurry up and join as well.
While Eastern Europe's peoples perceived membership as confirmation of their historical affiliation with the West and as another step away from Soviet rule, the EU seemed in no hurry to meet those expectations.
Neither side is in a hurry to break the symmetry of interdependent vulnerability, but both continue to jockey to shape the structure and institutional framework of their market relationship.
As time is on its side, it sees no reason to hurry.
Everybody was tired, but my father wasn't in a hurry to sleep.
Putin is in no hurry, but he clearly knows what he wants.
What's more, Mousavi and Karroubi, perhaps chastened in part by the unfulfilled promises and excesses of the Islamic Revolution - are seemingly in no hurry to see abrupt change.
Governments that trim public expenditures in a hurry rarely make informed choices.
Of course, the army is in no hurry to seize power.
In Fayyad's vision, Palestinians, who bear the brunt of the occupation and are in a greater hurry than the Israelis are to be free of it, are to accept a peace strategy that aims at realizing statehood.

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