make haste
Frequency: 6.88.9 per million words
A somewhat formal or literary way to say 'hurry'.
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Examples (10)
- I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.
- Make haste! The gates will close at sunset.
- The rider made haste to deliver the urgent message.
- We must make haste to reach the shelter before the storm hits.
- The general ordered his troops to make haste towards the front line.
- Seeing the approaching tide, they made haste to leave the beach.
- If we are to succeed, we must make haste and act now.
- The scholar made haste to the library, eager to consult the ancient text.
- Let us make haste, for darkness will soon be upon us.
- He made haste lest he miss the opportunity of a lifetime.