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    hur·ry
    /ˈhərē/

    verb

    noun

    • 1. great haste: "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"

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  2. 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).

  3. The meaning of HURRY is to carry or cause to go with haste. How to use hurry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hurry.

  4. Hurry definition: to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up). See examples of HURRY used in a sentence.

  5. 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.

  6. 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- /

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. (informal) used to say that somebody does not want to do something again because it was not pleasant or fun. I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible. See hurry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

  11. [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.