hurry

hur|ry1 [ `hʌri ] verb intransitive **

to do something or move somewhere very quickly:

We must hurry or we shall be late back.

Alec had to hurry home, but I stayed on.

hurry along/through/into: She hurried along the corridor toward his office.

He hurried through the streets until he reached Bill's house.

hurry to do something: The telephone suddenly rang and she hurried to answer it.

a. transitive to make someone do something or move somewhere more quickly: RUSH:

hurry someone away/in/out etc: Liz took Anna's arm and hurried her away.

hurry someone into doing something: Don't let them hurry you into signing anything.

b. to make something happen more quickly than it would have done: RUSH:

Let's not hurry the process.

hurry something through: The Act was hurried through Parliament just before the election.

,hurry `up phrasal verb

1. ) hurry up or hurry along transitive to make someone do something more quickly or to make something happen sooner:

Try and hurry her up a bit or we'll be late.

2. ) intransitive MAINLY SPOKEN used for telling someone to do something more quickly:

Hurry up and finish your soup!

3. ) intransitive to do something or move somewhere more quickly:

She wished George would hurry up with her cup of tea.

hurry

hur|ry 2 [ `hʌri ] noun *

be in a hurry or do something in a hurry

to do something or go somewhere quickly because you do not have much time:

Freya's letter looked as though she had written it in a great hurry.

She had been in too much of a hurry to change.

be in no hurry or not be in any hurry

1. ) to be able to wait to do something, because you have plenty of time:

I'm not in any hurry to get there.

2. ) to be unwilling to do something, or not want to do it until a future time:

Lou's in no hurry to get married.

in my/his/her etc. hurry

used for saying that someone made a mistake because of being in a hurry:

In his hurry he forgot to lock up.

(there's) no hurry SPOKEN

used for telling someone that they do not need to do something soon or quickly:

I'm ready whenever you are there's no hurry.

what's the/your hurry? or why the hurry? SPOKEN

used for telling someone that they are doing something too soon or quickly

will not be doing something again in a hurry SPOKEN

used for saying that you do not want to do something again