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hurrying up

hurrying up is the present participle and gerund 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 hurrying up

What is hurrying up the present participle and gerund of?
Hurrying up is the present participle and gerund of hurry up.

Words near hurrying up in the dictionary

  1. hurry-up wagon
  2. hurry-up wagons
  3. hurryed
  4. hurryin'
  5. hurrying
  6. hurrying up
  7. hurrying up and waiting
  8. hurrying up the cakes
  9. hurryingly
  10. hurryings
  11. hurrysome

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