hurry
verb/ˈhʌri/
/ˈhɜːri/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hurry | /ˈhʌri/ /ˈhɜːri/ |
| he / she / it hurries | /ˈhʌriz/ /ˈhɜːriz/ |
| past simple hurried | /ˈhʌrid/ /ˈhɜːrid/ |
| past participle hurried | /ˈhʌrid/ /ˈhɜːrid/ |
| -ing form hurrying | /ˈhʌriɪŋ/ /ˈhɜːriɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to move or act quickly because there is not much time synonym rush
- You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train.
- We need to hurry or we'll be late for school.
- hurry to do something The kids hurried to open their presents.
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- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly in a particular direction synonym rush
- He picked up his bags and hurried across the courtyard.
- She hurried away without saying goodbye.
- She hurried after Gary to apologize to him.
- She hurried down the street.
- I hurried home to tell him the news.
Extra Examples- Ben hurried after her.
- She came hurrying over to greet them.
- She hurried along the corridor.
- We nodded at her and hurried out the door.
- He hurried over to the window to see what the noise was.
- Kathy hurried off in the same direction.
- [transitive] to make somebody do something more quickly synonym rush
- hurry somebody I don't want to hurry you but we close in twenty minutes.
- hurry somebody into doing something She was hurried into making an unwise choice.
- [transitive] hurry something + adv./prep. to deal with something quickly synonym rush
- Her application was hurried through.
- [transitive, usually passive] to do something too quickly synonym rush
- be hurried A good meal should never be hurried.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative.
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