do something in a hurry

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• do something in a hurry — be in a hurry or do something in a hurry to do something or go somewhere quickly because you do not have much time Donna s letter looked as though she had written it in a great hurry. She had been in too much of a hurry to change …   English dictionary

• hurry — hur|ry1 [ hʌri ] verb intransitive ** to do something or move somewhere very quickly: We must hurry or we shall be late back. Alec had to hurry home, but I stayed on. hurry along/through/into: She hurried along the corridor toward his office. He… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hurry — hur|ry1 [ˈhʌri US ˈhə:ri] v past tense and past participle hurried present participle hurrying third person singular hurries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably copying the action] 1.) [I and T] to do something or go somewhere more quickly than… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hurry — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time: The movie begins as six we ll have to hurry. | hurry through/along/down etc: She hurried down the corridor as fast as she could. | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hurry — [[t]hʌ̱ri, AM hɜ͟ːri[/t]] hurries, hurrying, hurried 1) VERB If you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can. [V prep/adv] Claire hurried along the road... [V prep/adv] When she finished work she had to hurry home and look after her… …   English dictionary

• hurry up — phrasal verb Word forms hurry up : present tense I/you/we/they hurry up he/she/it hurries up present participle hurrying up past tense hurried up past participle hurried up 1) [intransitive] mainly spoken used for telling someone to do something… …   English dictionary

• hurry up — I PHRASAL VERB If you tell someone to hurry up, you are telling them do something more quickly than they were doing. [V P] Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they d miss their train... [V P with n] Hurry up with that… …   English dictionary

• ˌhurry ˈup — phrasal verb 1) spoken used for telling someone to do something more quickly Hurry up and finish your soup.[/ex] 2) to do something or to move somewhere more quickly, or to make someone do this She wished George would hurry up with her cup of tea …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Hurry Up, We're Dreaming — Studio album by M83 Released 18 October 2011 …   Wikipedia

• hurry up and do something — hurry up and (do something) to do something very soon. All I wanted was for these very boring people to hurry up and leave. Smokers should consider the illnesses that could lie ahead if they don t hurry up and quit …   New idioms dictionary

• hurry up and — (do something) to do something very soon. All I wanted was for these very boring people to hurry up and leave. Smokers should consider the illnesses that could lie ahead if they don t hurry up and quit …   New idioms dictionary