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verb

Hurry v. t. (past & past part. hurried; pres. part. hurrying)

To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on. "Impetuous lust hurries him on." "They hurried him abroad a bark."

To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity. "And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends."

To cause to be done quickly.

Synonyms: To hasten; precipitate; expedite; quicken; accelerate; urge.

Hurry v. i. To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.

To hurry up, to make haste. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Hurrying'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Duchess of Kent had been sent for—and came hurrying over. They also sent for the Duke of Sussex, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, Lord Errol, Lord Albemarle—Lord John Russell, and other Privy Councillors, whose constitutional duty it is to be present at the birth of an ...

— Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood • Grace Greenwood

... head complacently. They had reached the front of the church, and whom should they meet but Father Collins hurrying out from the vestry on his way to the rectory across ...

— The City and the World and Other Stories • Francis Clement Kelley

... circumference. Before reaching the centre it broke and swirled around a row of what appeared to be tall iron boxes or cages, set directly in face of the throne. But for these ugly boxes the whole floor was empty. To and from these the little human figures were hurrying, and from these too proceeded the thuds and panting and the frequent groans that ...

— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... and outstretched wings. All nature seemed to droop beneath the scorching heat. At three o'clock the heavens took on a sudden change. The clouds, that had before lain so still, were now in rapid motion, hurrying and chasing each other round the horizon. It was a strangely awful sight. Before a breath had been felt of the mighty blast that had already burst on the other side of the lake, branches of trees, leaves, and clouds of dust were whirled across ...

— Woman on the American Frontier • William Worthington Fowler

... vision of a nursery flashed upon her mind as she spoke. "Clergymen always have such large families," she said half out before she was aware, and stopped, covered with confusion, not daring to look at Lucy to see what effect such a suggestion might have had upon her. "I mean," cried Miss Wodehouse, hurrying on to cover over her inadvertence if possible, "I have seen such cases; and a poor clergyman who has to think of the grocer's bill and the baker's bill instead of his parish and his duty—there are some things you young people know a great deal better than I do, ...

— The Perpetual Curate • Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant

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