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hurried up and waited

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

Meaning of hurry up and wait

Verb

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

  1. (humorous, idiomatic) To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.

Questions about hurried up and waited

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

Words near hurried up and waited in the dictionary

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

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