“He glanced over, his ears flicked up and he bounded to his feet to hurry over, then hesitated when he saw the two soldiers hovering at my shoulder.”

Verb

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Present participle for to move or act quickly or with urgency

“You better hurry if you want to finish sticking flowers in this wall because I can hear the folks coming back as sure as can be.”

Verb

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Present participle for to drive a vehicle very fast

putting your foot down

putting pedal to the metal

putting the pedal to the metal

driving over the speed limit

breaking the speed limit

exceeding the speed limit

opening up the throttle

putting pedal to metal

putting on afterburners

picking up speed

“Already late for the event, we jumped into the vehicle and decided to hurry to make up time.”

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Present participle for to cause to move or progress with haste

smoothing the way for

smoothing the path of

assisting the progress of

running interference for

oiling the wheels for

accomplishing quickly

quickening one's speed

favouring^UK

favoring^US

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“She tells me not to hurry her as she wants to talk about it to her friends first.”

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Present participle for to bother or cause distress in (someone)

putting someone off their stroke

terrorizing^US

agonizing^US

putting out of countenance

muddying

terrorising^UK

putting someone off their stride

setting someone back on their heels

putting the wind up

agonising^UK

burning up

making someone scratch their head

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

flabbergasting

throwing into a tizzy

causing to be at a stand

getting across

causing someone to lose their composure

making self-conscious

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

pulling the rug from under

pushing buttons

pulling the rug out from under

balling up

rubbing up the wrong way

setting someone thinking

driving up the wall

grating on

getting on your wick

getting on your nerves

getting under your skin

sending over the edge

taking the wind out of your sails

balking^US

baulking^UK

stopping someone in their tracks

throwing into disarray

hurting somebody's feelings

upsetting the applecart

outraging

making your head spin

messing with one's head

driving round the bend

driving you up the wall

teeing off

driving mad

getting on one's nerves

driving to distraction

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

scaring the pants off

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

chilling to the bone

scaring away

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the living daylights out of

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

putting the fear of God into

throwing into a blue funk

making one's hair stand on end

making teeth chatter

making one's flesh creep

making someone jump out of their skin

giving one the creeps

making one's blood run cold

throwing into a fright

scaring someone half to death

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

filling with consternation

messing up

flapping

pressing the panic button

getting into a state

becoming flustered

going into a panic

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Verb

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Present participle for to push roughly

Verb

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Present participle for to leave or exit

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