Haste, hurry, speed, expedition, dispatch mean quickness in movement or action Eric left the barge in a hurry. Haste applies to personal action and implies urgency and precipitancy and often rashness.
To move or do things more quickly than normal or to make someone do this Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience To move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup )
Hurry up, it's starting to rain. You won't beat him in a hurry We won't go there again in a hurry. To move or act with speed or haste.
To (cause to) move, proceed, or act with haste [no object] he hurried into town [~ + to + verb] she hurried to help him when he fell [~ + up] could you please hurry up
If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly
