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chivvychiv‧vy, chivy /ˈtʃɪvi/ verb (past tense and past participle chivvied, present participle chivvying) [transitive] British English informal   chivvyOrigin: 1700-1800 Chevy Chase, place near the border between England and Scotland where a battle was fought in 1388 VERB TABLEchivvy (BrE) |
| Present | I, you, we, they | chivvy (BrE) | | he, she, it | chivvies (BrE) | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chivvied (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chivvied (BrE) | | he, she, it | has chivvied (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chivvied (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chivvy | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chivvied (BrE) |
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| Present | I | am chivvying (BrE) | | he, she, it | is chivvying (BrE) | | you, we, they | are chivvying (BrE) | | Past | I, he, she, it | was chivvying (BrE) | | you, we, they | were chivvying (BrE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chivvying (BrE) | | he, she, it | has been chivvying (BrE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chivvying (BrE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chivvying (BrE) | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chivvying (BrE) |
to make someone hurry► hurry somebody up · They're taking a long time to finish. Can you hurry them up a little?· I think she's nearly finished packing. I'll go hurry her up. ► rush/hurry to make someone hurry, especially when you are impatient, and so that they do not have time to do something carefully or properly: · I wish you wouldn't hurry me. I'm being as quick as I can.· Don't rush me! You'll only make me get it wrong.· I'm sorry to rush you, but we don't have much time left. ► chivvy somebody along British informal to try to make someone do something more quickly, by repeatedly telling them to hurry: · He'll get the job done, but you need to chivvy him along a bit. to try to make someone do something more quickly, especially in an annoying waychivvy somebody along/up Go and see if you can chivvy the kids up a bit. |