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hurried up

hurried up is the simple past and past participle of hurry up.

Meaning of hurry up

Verb

hurry up (third-person singular simple present hurries up, present participle hurrying up, simple past and past participle hurried up)

  1. (ambitransitive, emphatic) To hurry; to increase the speed of doing something.
    • "Oh, I think I'll just give a look to see if Geoffrey is in sight yet and hurry him up if he is," she called back.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

Questions about hurried up

What is hurried up the simple past and past participle of?
Hurried up is the simple past and past participle of hurry up.

Words near hurried up in the dictionary

  1. hurricano
  2. hurricanoes
  3. hurricanos
  4. hurricans
  5. hurried
  6. hurried up
  7. hurried up and waited
  8. hurried up the cakes
  9. hurriedly
  10. hurriedness
  11. hurrier

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