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hustle up

hustle up verb: to produce or find (something) by hustling (work hard, con, swindle, or deceive or obtain by illicit or forceful action).

Verb

hustle up (third-person singular simple present hustles up, present participle hustling up, simple past and past participle hustled up)

  1. (transitive) To produce or find (something) by hustling (work hard, con, swindle, or deceive or obtain by illicit or forceful action).

Forms of hustle up

third-person singular presenthustles up
present participlehustling up
past participlehustled up
pasthustled up

Questions about hustle up

What does hustle up mean?
Hustle up means to produce or find (something) by hustling (work hard, con, swindle, or deceive or obtain by illicit or forceful action).
What part of speech is hustle up?
Hustle up is a verb.
What is the past tense of hustle up?
The past tense of hustle up is hustled up.

Words near hustle up in the dictionary

  1. hustle alarm
  2. hustle alarms
  3. hustle and bustle
  4. hustle kingdom
  5. hustle kingdoms
  6. hustle up
  7. hustle-bustle
  8. hustled
  9. hustled up
  10. hustlee
  11. hustlees

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