hurry up

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhurry up phrasal verb1 hurry up! spokenHURRY used to tell someone to do something more quickly Hurry up! We’re late!2 hurry somebody/something up to make someone do something more quickly, or to make something happen more quickly See if you can hurry things up a little. → hurry → See Verb table Examples from the Corpushurry up• Hurry up and get your things, it's time to go.• Hurry up or you'll be late for school.• If you want tickets, you'd better hurry up. There's only a few left.hurry up!• Hurry up - we're late!

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Word of the day casual relaxed and not worried, or seeming not to care about something

Verb table

hurry

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they hurry

he, she, it hurries

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they hurried

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have hurried

he, she, it has hurried

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had hurried

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will hurry

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have hurried

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Continuous Form

Present

I am hurrying

he, she, it is hurrying

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you, we, they are hurrying

Past

I, he, she, it was hurrying

you, we, they were hurrying

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been hurrying

he, she, it has been hurrying

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been hurrying

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be hurrying

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been hurrying

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