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hurries up

hurries up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hurries up

What is hurries up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hurries up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hurry up.

Words near hurries up in the dictionary

  1. hurriedly
  2. hurriedness
  3. hurrier
  4. hurriers
  5. hurries
  6. hurries up
  7. hurries up and waits
  8. hurries up the cakes
  9. hurring
  10. hurriquake
  11. hurriquakes

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