Meanings
verbhurry up (third-person singular simple present hurries up, present participle hurrying up, simple past and past participle hurried up)
present singular third person hurries up · participle present hurrying up · participle past hurried up · past hurried up
- ambitransitiveemphaticTo hurry; to increase the speed of doing something.
"Oh, I think I'll just give a look to see if Geoffrey is in sight yet and hurry him up if he is," she called back.
1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of LondonSynonyms: get a move on, get one's skates on, hurry up the cakes
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo hurry; to increase the speed of doing something.
Translations
Bulgarian бързам
- бързам (bărzam)go faster
Catalan afanyar, donar-se pressa
- afanyargo faster
- donar-se pressago faster
- fer viago faster
Chinese Mandarin 快點 /快点, 抓緊時間 /抓紧时间
- 快點 /快点 (kuàidiǎn)go faster
- 抓緊時間 /抓紧时间 (zhuājǐn shíjiān)go faster
Danish skynde sig
- skynde siggo faster
Esperanto ek
- ekgo faster
Finnish kiirehtiä, nopeuttaa
- kiirehtiägo faster
- nopeuttaago faster
- lisätä vauhtiago faster
French se dépêcher
- se dépêchergo faster
German sich beeilen
- sich beeilengo faster
Irish brostaigh (ar), cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidí
- brostaigh (ar)go faster
- cuir bealadh faoi d'ioscaidígo faster
Italian affrettarsi, sbrigarsi
- affrettarsigo faster
- sbrigarsigo faster
- muoversigo faster
- darsi una mossago faster
- spicciarsigo faster
Japanese 急ぐ
- 急ぐ (isogu)go faster
Korean 서두르다
- 서두르다 (seodureuda)go faster
Latin festino, propero
- festinogo faster
- properogo faster
Malay cepatlah
- cepatlahgo faster
Norwegian skynde seg
- skynde seggo faster
Polish spieszyć się
- spieszyć sięgo faster
Portuguese apressar-se
- apressar-sego faster
Russian торопи́ться, поторопи́ться
- торопи́ться (toropítʹsja)go faster
- поторопи́ться (potoropítʹsja)go faster
- спеши́ть (spešítʹ)go faster
Scottish Gaelic greas
- greasgo faster
Spanish apurarse
- apurarsego faster
Swedish skynda på, raska på
- skynda pågo faster
- raska pågo faster
Turkish ivme katmak, acele etmek
- ivme katmakgo faster
- acele etmekgo faster
- hızlanmakgo faster
Ukrainian поспіша́ти
- поспіша́ти (pospišáty)go faster
Vietnamese mau lên, nhanh lên
- mau lêngo faster
- nhanh lêngo faster
- vội lêngo faster
Welsh brysio, siapio
- brysiogo faster
- siapiogo faster
- styriogo faster
Cite this entry
APA
hurry up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurry%20up
MLA
“hurry up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurry%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurry up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurry%20up.
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