hurry

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈhʌr.i/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈhɝ.i/

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Verb

Plain form hurry

Third-person singular hurries

Past tense hurried

Past participle hurried

Present participle hurrying

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you hurry, you move or work quickly.

   After the speech, he had to hurry out the door to the waiting car.

   I woke up late and had to hurry through breakfast.

   My mother urged me to hurry. "You'll be late", she cried, "If you don't hurry!

Related words

• in a hurry