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[ verb ] act or move at high speed
Synonyms Examples "We have to rush!" "hurry--it's late!" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Instead - and not just to prove my objectivity - I hasten to report that it 's a highly amusing film which probably does a fairly accurate job of reporting on the Easter vacation shenanigans of collegians down in Fort_Lauderdale , and that it seems to come_to_grips quite honestly with the moral problem that most commonly vexes youngsters in this age_group - that_is_to_say , sex . Related terms |
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[ verb ] step on it
Examples "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests" "The cars raced down the street" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Hastening to the attic , the temperature of_which was easily hotter than the Gold_Coast , you proceeded to mask the windows with a fancy wool coverlet , some khaki pants , and the_like , and to ransack the innumerable boxes and barrels stored there . |
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[ verb ] speed up the progress of; facilitate
Synonyms Examples "This should expedite the process" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)As the first collective confrontation of the Nazi outrage , the Trial of Eichmann represents a recovery of the Jews from the shock of the death camps , a recovery that took fifteen years and which is still by_no_means complete ( though let no one believe that it could be hastened by silence ) . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to occur rapidly
Examples "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions" Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The evidence shows that fake therapeutic machines , substituted for valid medical cures , have hastened the deaths of thousands . |
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