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Vocabulary : Phrasal Verbs : H : hurry up

hurry up

Meaning: If you hurry up, you try to do something faster.

For example:

  • hurry up I told my girlfriend to hurry up or we'd miss the start of the movie.

  • hurry up We were too late to catch the train. We should have hurried up and got there sooner.

Quick Quiz:

If we don't hurry up, we'll
  1. book our flight
  2. miss our flight
  3. catch our flight

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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