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- Dictionaryhurry/ˈhʌri/
verb
- 1. move or act with great haste: "we'd better hurry" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
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to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: Hurry or you'll be late. [ + to infinitive ] She hurried to answer the phone. be hurried into I refuse to be hurried into a decision (= to be forced to make a decision too quickly).
The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.
Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.
To hurry is to rush, or to move quickly. If you're late for a movie and you don't want to miss the beginning, you'll have to hurry into the theater, not stopping to buy popcorn. When you're out for a walk and the sun begins to set, you might hurry home before it gets dark — in other words, move rapidly, or in haste.
If you are in a hurryto do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in ahurry, you do it quickly or suddenly.
Definition of hurry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To cause to move or act with speed or haste: hurried the children to school. 2. To cause to move or act with undue haste; rush: was hurried into marriage. 3. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite: hurried the delivery of the product. n. pl. hur·ries. 1.
to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: to hurry away/ home. Please hurry, the train is about to leave. [ + to do sth ] We had to hurry to get there on time. Fewer examples. I heard a crash and hurried into the kitchen. The telephone rang and she hurried to pick it up. He hurried down the corridor.
Hurry Definition. hûrē, hŭr- hurried, hurries, hurrying. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Verb. Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. hurried, hurries, hurrying. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Try to answer the questions calmly, without rushing. A police car rushed past. dash to go somewhere very quickly, especially because there is something important or urgent you must do I’ve got to dash to the shops to get some more milk.
