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(it), Colloq shake a leg, get cracking, get a move on, go hell
for leather, skedaddle, step on it, step on the gas, Chiefly US
hightail (it), go like greased lightning, get a wiggle on:
You'll have to hurry to catch your bus. 2 speed up, accelerate,
hasten, rush, push, press, expedite; urge, egg: Such changes
take time and can't be hurried. She hurried the children along
so that they wouldn't miss the bus.
--n. 3 haste, rush, urgency, eagerness; agitation, disquiet,
upset, dither, fuss, bustle, ado, to-do, furore or US furor,
commotion, turmoil, stir, pother; Colloq stew, sweat: Why all
the hurry to finish before dark? He's in an awful hurry to get
home.
hurt v. 1 harm, injure, wound; damage, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate,
ruin: She's so gentle she wouldn't hurt a fly. The scandal hurt
the candidate's chances of election. 2 ache, smart, pain, pinch,
sting, burn, torment, gripe: My elbow really hurts where I hit
it. 3 distress, grieve, affect, afflict, aggrieve, depress,
upset, disappoint, pain, cut to the quick, affront, offend:
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt
me. You always hurt the one you love. 4 injure, maim, wound,
cripple, lame, disable, incapacitate, damage, mutilate, mangle:
Three people have been badly hurt in a car crash on the
motorway.
--n. 5 harm, injury, damage, detriment, disadvantage: How much
more hurt can you cause beyond what you have done already? 6
ache, pain, pang, distress, discomfort, suffering, torment,
torture, agony; anguish, misery, woe, dolour, sadness,
depression: If you rub on this ointment, the hurt will go away.
You cannot imagine the hurt we felt when he failed his
examinations.
--adj. 7 injured, wronged, pained, rueful, grieved, unhappy,
aggrieved, sad, wretched, woebegone, sorrowful, mournful,
depressed, dejected, dismal, gloomy, melancholy: Whenever I
mention getting a job she gets that hurt expression on her face.
8 damaged, defective, marred, impaired, broken, worn,
dilapidated, shop-worn, scratched, bruised, scarred: They are
holding a sale of hurt merchandise at the warehouse tomorrow.
hurtful adj. 1 harmful, injurious, detrimental, pernicious,