hurry up

Meaning

This phrase is used to tell someone to do something more quickly because there is little time. While neutral, saying it too loudly or directly can sound a bit impatient or impolite depending on your tone.

Examples

• Hurry up, the bus is coming in two minutes!

  Hurry up, the bus is coming in two minutes!

• We need to hurry up if we want to get good seats.

  We need to hurry up if we want to get good seats.

• Can you please hurry up? I'm freezing out here.

  Can you please hurry up? I'm freezing out here.

• I told him to hurry up, but he was still late.

  I told him to hurry up, but he was still late.

• Hurry up and get dressed so we can leave.

  Hurry up and get dressed so we can leave.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ You need to hurry up you.

  ✓ You need to hurry up.

  'Hurry up' is an intransitive phrasal verb here; you do not need to add an object pronoun like 'you' after it.

• ✗ Hurry up to do your homework.

  ✓ Hurry up and do your homework.

  Use 'and' or 'with' instead of 'to' when connecting 'hurry up' to the action.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Please ___! The taxi is waiting outside.

  💡 You want the other person to move faster.

  Show answer

  hurry up

• If we don't ___, we will miss the flight.

  💡 We need to act quickly.

  Show answer

  hurry up