English Explanatory Dictionary

hurry up and wait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.

Word forms

hurry up and wait hurries up and waits hurrying up and waiting hurried up and waited

Etymology

hurry up + wait

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