hurry
hur|ry /h'ʌri, AM h'ɜːri/ (hurries hurrying hurried)
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V
If you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can.
Claire hurried along the road...
Bob hurried to join him, and they rode home together.
2 [VERB] V to-inf, V
If you hurry to do something, you start doing it as soon as you can, or try to do it quickly.
Mrs Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday...
There was no longer any reason to hurry.
3 [N-SING] usu in a N, oft N to-inf
If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly.
Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience...
4 [VERB] V n
To hurry something means the same as to hurry up something.
...The President's attempt to hurry the process of independence.
5 [VERB] V n prep/adv, V n
If you hurry someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly.
They say they are not going to be hurried into any decision...
I don't want to hurry you.
= rush
6 [PHRASE]
If you say to someone `There's no hurry' or `I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
I'll need to talk with you, but there's no hurry...
7 [PHRASE] PHR after v, PHR to-inf, PHR for n
If you are in no hurry to do something, you are very unwilling to do it.
I love it at St Mirren so I'm in no hurry to go anywhere...hurry along
see hurry up 2hurry up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P with n
If you tell someone to hurry up, you are telling them do something more quickly than they were doing.
Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train...
Hurry up with that coffee, will you.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you hurry something up or hurry it along, you make it happen faster or sooner than it would otherwise have done.
...if you want to hurry up the application process...
Petter saw no reason to hurry the divorce along.
= speed up
1 [VERB] V prep/adv, V
If you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can.
Claire hurried along the road...
Bob hurried to join him, and they rode home together.
2 [VERB] V to-inf, V
If you hurry to do something, you start doing it as soon as you can, or try to do it quickly.
Mrs Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday...
There was no longer any reason to hurry.
3 [N-SING] usu in a N, oft N to-inf
If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly.
Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience...
4 [VERB] V n
To hurry something means the same as to hurry up something.
...The President's attempt to hurry the process of independence.
5 [VERB] V n prep/adv, V n
If you hurry someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly.
They say they are not going to be hurried into any decision...
I don't want to hurry you.
= rush
6 [PHRASE]
If you say to someone `There's no hurry' or `I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
I'll need to talk with you, but there's no hurry...
7 [PHRASE] PHR after v, PHR to-inf, PHR for n
If you are in no hurry to do something, you are very unwilling to do it.
I love it at St Mirren so I'm in no hurry to go anywhere...hurry along
see hurry up 2hurry up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P, V P with n
If you tell someone to hurry up, you are telling them do something more quickly than they were doing.
Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train...
Hurry up with that coffee, will you.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you hurry something up or hurry it along, you make it happen faster or sooner than it would otherwise have done.
...if you want to hurry up the application process...
Petter saw no reason to hurry the divorce along.
= speed up