make haste
Don't dawdle now
Make haste means to hurry or move quickly.
The phrase is old-fashioned or literary, more likely found in historical novels than everyday speech: Make haste, the ship departs at dawn.
The proverb make haste slowly advises acting promptly but carefully—speed without recklessness.
- hurryMove with urgency
- in a hurryNeeding to move fast
- rushQuick sudden movement
- step on itUrging someone to hurry
- speedRate of motion
get a move on · quicken · on the double · scramble · dash · chop chop · sprint · bolt · urgent · swift · rapid · flee · scurry · bustle · deadline · beat the clock · race against time · panic
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
- archaic imperativeshark, behold, begone, beware, heed
- Speed Expressionsin a flash, quick as a flash, in no time, lickety-split, lickety split
- archaic Englishthou, thee, thy, thine, ye
- Old Englishnu, her, eft, la, thy
make hastedawdle
Linger without purpose
linger · dally · tarry · take one's time · drag one's feet
make hastetake one's time
Act without haste
take it easy · be patient · bide one's time · delay · procrastinate
make, haste, makes, made, making, maker, makers, remake, unmade