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hurrying up and waiting

hurrying up and waiting is the present participle and gerund 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 hurrying up and waiting

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

Words near hurrying up and waiting in the dictionary

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

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