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making haste

making haste is the present participle and gerund 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 making haste

What is making haste the present participle and gerund of?
Making haste is the present participle and gerund of make haste.

Words near making haste in the dictionary

  1. making good one's running
  2. making good time
  3. making ground
  4. making happen
  5. making hard work of
  6. making haste
  7. making haste slowly
  8. making hay
  9. making hay while the sun shines
  10. making head against
  11. making head or tail of

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