hurry
verb
[ ˈhʌri ]
• move or act with great haste.
• "we'd better hurry"
Similar:
be quick,
hurry up,
move quickly,
go fast,
hasten,
make haste,
speed,
speed up,
lose no time,
press on,
push on,
run,
dash,
rush,
hurtle,
dart,
race,
fly,
flash,
shoot,
streak,
bolt,
bound,
blast,
charge,
chase,
career,
scurry,
scramble,
scamper,
scuttle,
sprint,
gallop,
go hell for leather,
go like lightning,
scutter,
whizz,
whoosh,
vroom,
tear,
scoot,
hare,
pelt,
zip,
whip,
zoom,
belt,
beetle,
buzz,
get a move on,
step on it,
get cracking,
get moving,
shake a leg,
go like a bat out of hell,
hotfoot it,
burn rubber,
bomb,
bucket,
shift,
put one's foot down,
get one's skates on,
go like the clappers,
stir one's stumps,
leg it,
wheech,
hightail,
barrel,
boogie,
clip,
lay rubber,
get the lead out,
get a wiggle on,
put foot,
cut along,
post,
hie,
fleet,
drag/tear/haul ass,
Opposite:
move slowly,
dawdle,
hurry
noun
• great haste.
• "in my hurry to leave I knocked over a pile of books"
Similar:
haste,
flurry,
bustle,
confusion,
commotion,
hubbub,
hustle,
urgency,
agitation,
turmoil,
rush,
race,
scramble,
scurry,
speed,
swiftness,
rapidity,
quickness,
fleetness,
celerity,
hurry-scurry,
pother,
Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): imitative.
in a hurry
• rushed; in a rushed manner.
• "I'm in rather a hurry"
