"hurry up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hurries up [present, singular, third-person], hurrying up [participle, present], hurried up [participle, past], hurried up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hurry up (third-person singular simple present hurries up, present participle hurrying up, simple past and past participle hurried up)
  1. (emphatic, transitive, intransitive) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something. Tags: emphatic, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: get a move on, get one's skates on, hurry up the cakes [US, dated] Derived forms: hurry up and wait, hurry-up offense, hurry-up wagon, on the hurry up Translations (go faster): спяша́цца (spjašácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), бързам (bǎrzam) (Bulgarian), afanyar (Catalan), donar-se pressa (Catalan), fer via (Catalan), 快點 (Chinese Mandarin), 快点 (kuàidiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 抓緊時間 (Chinese Mandarin), 抓紧时间 (zhuājǐn shíjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), skynde sig (Danish), ek (Esperanto), kiirehtiä (Finnish), nopeuttaa (Finnish), lisätä vauhtia (Finnish), se dépêcher (French), date presa (Galician), sich beeilen (German), brostaigh (ar) (Irish), cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí (Irish), affrettarsi (Italian), 急ぐ (isogu) (alt: いそぐ) (Japanese), ឆាប់ឡើង (chaplaəng) (Khmer), 서두르다 (seodureuda) (Korean), festino (Latin), propero (Latin), cepatlah (Malay), tsxį́įłgo (Navajo), upveza (Ngazidja Comorian), skynde seg (Norwegian), spieszyć się [imperfective] (Polish), apressar-se (Portuguese), торопи́ться (toropítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), поторопи́ться (potoropítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), спеши́ть (spešítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), greas (Scottish Gaelic), apurarse (Spanish), skynda på (Swedish), raska på (Swedish), fakatoʻotoʻo (Tongan), ivme katmak (note: in a positive sense) (Turkish), acele etmek (Turkish), hızlanmak (Turkish), поспіша́ти (pospišáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), mau lên (Vietnamese), nhanh lên (Vietnamese), vội lên (Vietnamese), vifikumön (Volapük), brysio (Welsh), siapio (Welsh), styrio (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "hurry-up offense"
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        "(emphatic, transitive, intransitive) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "get a move on"
        },
        {
          "word": "get one's skates on"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "US",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "hurry up the cakes"
        }
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spjašácca",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bǎrzam",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "бързам"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "afanyar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "donar-se pressa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "fer via"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "快點"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kuàidiǎn",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "快点"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "抓緊時間"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhuājǐn shíjiān",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "抓紧时间"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "skynde sig"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "ek"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "kiirehtiä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "nopeuttaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "lisätä vauhtia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "se dépêcher"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "date presa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "sich beeilen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "brostaigh (ar)"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "affrettarsi"
        },
        {
          "alt": "いそぐ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "isogu",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "急ぐ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "chaplaəng",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "ឆាប់ឡើង"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seodureuda",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "서두르다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "festino"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "propero"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "cepatlah"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "tsxį́įłgo"
        },
        {
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "upveza"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "skynde seg"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "spieszyć się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "apressar-se"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "toropítʹsja",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "торопи́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "potoropítʹsja",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поторопи́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spešítʹ",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спеши́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "greas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "apurarse"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "skynda på"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "raska på"
        },
        {
          "code": "to",
          "lang": "Tongan",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "fakatoʻotoʻo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "note": "in a positive sense",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "ivme katmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "acele etmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "hızlanmak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pospišáty",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "поспіша́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "mau lên"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "nhanh lên"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "vội lên"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "vifikumön"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "brysio"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "siapio"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "go faster",
          "word": "styrio"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hurry up"
}
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    {
      "word": "hurry up and wait"
    },
    {
      "word": "hurry-up offense"
    },
    {
      "word": "hurry-up wagon"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the hurry up"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "hurries up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hurrying up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hurried up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hurried up",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something."
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        "(emphatic, transitive, intransitive) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something."
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get a move on"
    },
    {
      "word": "get one's skates on"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "hurry up the cakes"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spjašácca",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спяша́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrzam",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "бързам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "afanyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "donar-se pressa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "fer via"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "快點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuàidiǎn",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "快点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "抓緊時間"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuājǐn shíjiān",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "抓紧时间"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "skynde sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "ek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "kiirehtiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "nopeuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "lisätä vauhtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "se dépêcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "date presa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "sich beeilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "brostaigh (ar)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "affrettarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いそぐ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "isogu",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "急ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "chaplaəng",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "ឆាប់ឡើង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seodureuda",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "서두르다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "festino"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "propero"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "cepatlah"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "tsxį́įłgo"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "upveza"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "skynde seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spieszyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "apressar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "toropítʹsja",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "торопи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "potoropítʹsja",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поторопи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spešítʹ",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спеши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "greas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "apurarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "skynda på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "raska på"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "fakatoʻotoʻo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "in a positive sense",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "ivme katmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "acele etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "hızlanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pospišáty",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поспіша́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "mau lên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "nhanh lên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "vội lên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "vifikumön"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "brysio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "siapio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "go faster",
      "word": "styrio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hurry up"
}

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