hurries up
Gets a move on
To hurry up is to move or act faster, often in response to time pressure or impatience.
It frequently appears as a command: Hurry up, we're going to be late!
The phrase can also be transitive—to hurry something up is to accelerate it: Can we hurry this meeting up?
- expeditesMakes swifter or easier
- quickensIncreases in speed
- speed upIncrease velocity or rate
- pick up the paceCommand to move faster
- hasteExcessive quickness
alacrity · double-time · rushes · accelerates · zooms · bolts · get cracking · scrambles · move it along · hustles · dispatch · races · chop-chop · make it snappy · shake a leg · step on it · swiftness · fast-forward
speed of action
hurries upslows down
Reduces velocity progressively
dawdles · delays · lingers · drags one's feet · lags
urgency and attitude
hurries uptakes it easy
Remains calm, unhurried
relaxes · unwinds · chills out · bides one's time · kicks back