Adjective : a hurry-up meal; a hurry-up phone call. From Dictionary.com.
Munasinghe's platoon was in the hurry-up mode now. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
The hurry-up line change has been a factor in this. From Wordnik.com. [The NHL and Hockey in Canada] Reference
Or this really was a critical, hurry-up, top-man job. From Wordnik.com. [Starfishers]
But this is the most hurried hurry-up job we've ever had. From Wordnik.com. [Starfishers]
My heart was pounding, filled with a hurry-up anxiousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitchen God's wife]
It's not a hurry-up - let's-run, you know, type of scenario. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2009] Reference
The biggest factor, though, has been the hurry-up faceoff rule. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - USA TODAY's Hockey School: Defense, obstruction, two-liners] Reference
So what is this hurry-up life style doing to our blood pressure?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2002] Reference
"There'll be one in de hurry-up wagon!" exclaimed another urchin. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
"One of those hurry-up deals, Gib," he said with an apologetic grin. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung] Reference
And now, finally some pictures of the hurry-up spring armwarmers …. From Wordnik.com. [Snow, snow, snow « Compulsive Knitter] Reference
They were looking to pad a 7-3 lead, in a hurry-up mode and across midfield. From Wordnik.com. [Super Bowl analysis: Giants knock bullies down] Reference
SAM BROWNBACK (R), KANSAS: This is a bad idea on an artificial hurry-up timeline. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 4, 2009] Reference
"Here comes de hurry-up wagon!" cried the lad who had thus designated the ambulance. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
It's one of those very popular modismos and covers every sort of hurry-up situation. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Time Expressions] Reference
The Russians would like to do a hurry-up spacewalk to go out and clear that obstruction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2001] Reference
Obama was the hurry-up fill in commencement speaker at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2008] Reference
So there is a lot of hurry-up pressure on the Senate to give its prompt vote of approval. From Wordnik.com. [The One Reason Why All Americans Should Oppose The Nomination Of Samuel Alito] Reference
It is difficult to interest "hurry-up" Americans in planting trees for future generations. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
This was one case, he lamented, in which the NHL's new hurry-up faceoff rule proved costly. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - NHL admits officials missed Devils' goal] Reference
I've never seen a team run the hurry-up as slowly as the Bucs did at the end of both halves. From Wordnik.com. [Laine Ewen: Bucs vs. Panthers Recap: Trying to Lose] Reference
Instead, he must have commissioned the tailor and smith he found to do hurry-up jobs for him. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
I think a lot of this good old fashioned nostalgia got buried in living a hurry-up lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. [SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 1130] Reference
Make it into tarts, into turnovers or put between hot buttered layers for a hurry-up shortcake. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Normally, FOIA requests take months, but in this case the FOIA office had sent a hurry-up order. From Wordnik.com. [White House Dirty Tricks?] Reference
She saw the logic in it, but was impatient again, that fake-weary hurry-up sigh of a bad actress. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
We were disenfranchised when party leaders muscled a hurry-up, ill-conceived process on the state. From Wordnik.com. [Candle Illumination] Reference
Bell scored, and the Giants won the pennant as Drew's hurry-up throw was closer to the first-base dugout than to the plate. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Morris blames himself for Game 5 loss] Reference
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