hurry up Idiom, Proverb
hurry up
do it quickly, make it snappy Hurry up with the dishes. We want you to play cards with us.
hurry up|hurry
v. phr. To rush (an emphatic form of hurry).
Hurry up or we'll miss our plane.
hurry up and wait
hurry up and wait Move quickly and then have to wait for something or someone. For example,
We did our share in good time, but the others were several days behind so we couldn't finish—it was another case of hurry up and wait. This expression dates from the 1940s and probably originated in the armed services.
hurry up
1. To move faster. In this usage, the byword is generally acclimated as an imperative. Hurry up, kids, cafeteria is accepting cold! Would you bustle up already? I'd like to get to the concert afore it's over.2. To account addition or article to move faster. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "hurry" and "up." Can you bustle the kids up? Cafeteria is accepting cold. Any adventitious we can bustle up this meeting? I accept banquet reservations.Learn more: hurry, uphurry someone or something up
to accomplish addition or article go or assignment faster. Please bustle them all up. We are assured to accept banquet actual soon. See if you can bustle this activity up a little.Learn more: hurry, uphurry up
and hurry onto move faster. Hurry up! You're activity to be late. Please bustle on. We accept a lot to do today.Learn more: hurry, uphurry up
v.
1. To move added quickly: Hurry up or you'll absence the bus! I abrupt up and accomplished the test.
2. To accomplish addition move or article appear added quickly: The drillmaster abrupt up the team. The aide abrupt the accouchement up and took them to school.
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