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to hurry up
01
to act more quickly because there is not much time
Transitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
hurry
Present tense
hurry up
3rd person singular
hurries up
Present participle
hurrying up
Past simple
hurried up
Past participle
hurried up
Examples
He does n’t need to hurry up as he ’s already finished his work.
02
to make a particular thing such as an event, action, etc. happen faster
Examples
With the unexpected early arrival of guests, the event planners had to hurry up the setup process to ensure everything was ready.
