in his hurry

in his hurry
in my/his/her/etc hurry phrase
used for saying that someone made a mistake because of being in a hurry

In his hurry he forgot to lock up.

Thesaurus: ways of telling someone not to hurrysynonym
Main entry: hurry

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  • hurry — hur|ry1 [ hʌri ] verb intransitive ** to do something or move somewhere very quickly: We must hurry or we shall be late back. Alec had to hurry home, but I stayed on. hurry along/through/into: She hurried along the corridor toward his office. He… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • hurry — I UK [ˈhʌrɪ] / US verb Word forms hurry : present tense I/you/we/they hurry he/she/it hurries present participle hurrying past tense hurried past participle hurried ** [intransitive] to do something or to move somewhere very quickly We must hurry …   English dictionary

  • hurry — hur|ry1 [ˈhʌri US ˈhə:ri] v past tense and past participle hurried present participle hurrying third person singular hurries [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably copying the action] 1.) [I and T] to do something or go somewhere more quickly than… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • hurry — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to do something or go somewhere more quickly than usual, especially because there is not much time: The movie begins as six we ll have to hurry. | hurry through/along/down etc: She hurried down the corridor as fast as she could. | …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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