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rushed adjective [ rʌʃt ]

• done or completed too hurriedly; hasty.
• "a rushed job"

rush verb

• move with urgent haste.
• "Oliver rushed after her"
Similar: hurry, dash, run, race, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, hare, bound, fly, speed, zoom, go hell for leather, pound, plunge, dive, whisk, streak, scurry, scuttle, scamper, scramble, make haste, hasten, bustle, bundle, stampede, tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zap, zip, whip, step on it, get a move on, hotfoot it, steam, put on some speed, go like a bat out of hell, bomb, bucket, leg it, wheech, boogie, hightail it, clip, barrel, get the lead out, cut along, fleet, post, hie, haste, in a hurry, running about, run off one's feet, rushing about, dashing about, pushed for time, pressed for time, time-poor, busy, hectic, frantic, drag/tear/haul ass,
Opposite: dawdle,
• dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture.
• "to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone"
Similar: attack, charge, run at, fly at, assail, storm, attempt to capture,
• entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.
• make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one.
• "how much did they rush you for this heap?"
Origin: late Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French ruser ‘drive back’, an early sense of the word in English (see ruse).


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