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in a hurry

in a hurry prepositional phrase: rushed, hurried; short of time.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (adjectival) Rushed, hurried; short of time.
    • I can’t stop now. I'm in rather a hurry.
    • To worry, worry, super-scurry / Call out the troops now in a hurry1984, Nena, Kevin McAlea, “99 Red Balloons”, in 99 Luftballons
  2. (adverbial) In a hurried manner.

in a hurry meaning in Tamil and Arabic

in a hurry in Tamil

அவசரமாக, அவசரமாய்

in a hurry in Arabic

rushed, hurried; short of time
مُسْتَعْجِل mustaʕjil

Words formed from in a hurry

Questions about in a hurry

What does in a hurry mean?
In a hurry means rushed, hurried; short of time.
What is in a hurry in Tamil?
In a hurry in Tamil is அவசரமாக, அவசரமாய். See In a hurry meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in a hurry?
In a hurry is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a hurry in the dictionary

  1. in a foam
  2. in a fog
  3. in a heartbeat
  4. in a hen's hiney
  5. in a huff
  6. in a hurry
  7. in a jam
  8. in a jiffy
  9. in a lather
  10. in a league of one's own
  11. in a little while

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