- the need or wish to get something done quickly
- Take your time—there's no hurry.
- What's the hurry? The train doesn't leave for an hour.
- in your hurry to do something In my hurry to leave, I forgot my passport.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- real
- …
- in a hurry
- in no hurry
- in your hurry
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): imitative.
Idioms
See hurry in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin a hurry
- very quickly or more quickly than usual
- He had to leave in a hurry.
- not having enough time to do something
- Sorry, I haven't got time to do it now—I'm in a hurry.
- Alice was in a tearing hurry as usual.
- I was late for work and in a big hurry.
in a hurry to do something
- impatient to do something
- My daughter is in such a hurry to grow up.
- Why are you in such a hurry to sell?
- They were in a hurry to set off.
in no hurry (to do something) | not in a/any hurry (to do something)
- having plenty of time
- I don't mind waiting—I'm not in any particular hurry.
- Serve this lady first—I’m in no hurry.
- not wanting or not willing to do something
- We were in no hurry to get back to work after the holiday.
- She's in no hurry to find out how much her fuel bill comes to.
somebody will not do something again in a hurry
- (informal) used to say that somebody does not want to do something again because it was not pleasant or fun
- I won't be going there again in a hurry—the food was terrible.
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