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- Dictionaryhur·ry/ˈhərē/
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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The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.
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).
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.
HURRY definition: 1. to move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this: 2. If you are in a…. Learn more.
If you do something in ahurry, you do it quickly or suddenly. She was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience. American English : hurry / ˈhɜri, hʌr- /
v.tr. 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.