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[ verb ] act or move at high speed

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

act haste festination rusher

2
[ 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 .

3
[ verb ] speed up the progress of; facilitate

Synonyms

expedite

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

help

4
[ verb ] cause to occur rapidly

Synonyms

induce stimulate rush

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 .

Related terms

effect induction

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