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made haste

made haste is the simple past and past participle of make haste.

Meaning of make haste

Verb

make haste (third-person singular simple present makes haste, present participle making haste, simple past and past participle made haste)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To hurry or hasten.
    • Since I have your good leave to go away,
      I will make haste: but, till I come again,
      No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay,
      Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about made haste

What is made haste the simple past and past participle of?
Made haste is the simple past and past participle of make haste.

Words near made haste in the dictionary

  1. made ground
  2. made hand
  3. made hands
  4. made happen
  5. made hard work of
  6. made haste
  7. made haste slowly
  8. made hay
  9. made hay while the sun shone
  10. made head against
  11. made head or tail of

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