hurry

verb

/ˈhʌri/

/ˈhɜːri/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they hurry	/ˈhʌri/ /ˈhɜːri/
he / she / it hurries	/ˈhʌriz/ /ˈhɜːriz/
past simple hurried	/ˈhʌrid/ /ˈhɜːrid/
past participle hurried	/ˈhʌrid/ /ˈhɜːrid/
-ing form hurrying	/ˈhʌriɪŋ/ /ˈhɜːriɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive] to move or act quickly because there is not much time synonym rush
- You'll have to hurry if you want to catch that train.
- We need to hurry or we'll be late for school.
- hurry to do something The kids hurried to open their presents.
In spoken English hurry can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, especially to tell somebody to do something quickly: Hurry and eat before the soup gets cold.
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly in a particular direction synonym rush
- He picked up his bags and hurried across the courtyard.
- She hurried away without saying goodbye.
- She hurried after Gary to apologize to him.
- She hurried down the street.
- I hurried home to tell him the news.
Extra Examples
- Ben hurried after her.
- She came hurrying over to greet them.
- She hurried along the corridor.
- We nodded at her and hurried out the door.
- He hurried over to the window to see what the noise was.
- Kathy hurried off in the same direction.
[transitive] to make somebody do something more quickly synonym rush
- hurry somebody I don't want to hurry you but we close in twenty minutes.
- hurry somebody into doing something She was hurried into making an unwise choice.
[transitive] hurry something + adv./prep. to deal with something quickly synonym rush
- Her application was hurried through.
[transitive, usually passive] to do something too quickly synonym rush
- be hurried A good meal should never be hurried.

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative.

noun

/ˈhʌri/

/ˈhɜːri/

[uncountable, singular]Idioms

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Idioms

in a hurry

very quickly or more quickly than usual
- He had to leave in a hurry.
not having enough time to do something
- Sorry, I haven't got time to do it now—I'm in a hurry.
- Alice was in a tearing hurry as usual.
- I was late for work and in a big hurry.

in a hurry to do something

impatient to do something
- My daughter is in such a hurry to grow up.
- Why are you in such a hurry to sell?
- They were in a hurry to set off.

in no hurry (to do something) | not in a/any hurry (to do something)

having plenty of time
- I don't mind waiting—I'm not in any particular hurry.
- Serve this lady first—I’m in no hurry.
not wanting or not willing to do something
- We were in no hurry to get back to work after the holiday.
- She's in no hurry to find out how much her phone bill comes to.

somebody will not do something again in a hurry

(informal) used to say that somebody does not want to do something again because it was not pleasant or fun
- I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible.