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All hasten synonyms

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verb hasten

  • hurry β€” to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
  • urge β€” to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
  • step up β€” effecting an increase.
  • accelerate β€” If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
  • precipitate β€” to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
  • quicken β€” to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
  • clip β€” A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
  • gallop β€” to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
  • skip β€” to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
  • bound β€” Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
  • dispatch β€” to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
  • dash β€” If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
  • sprint β€” to race or move at full speed, especially for a short distance, as in running, rowing, etc.
  • trot β€” (of a horse) to go at a gait between a walk and a run, in which the legs move in diagonal pairs, but not quite simultaneously, so that when the movement is slow one foot at least is always on the ground, and when fast all four feet are momentarily off the ground at once.
  • scamper β€” to run or go hastily or quickly.
  • goad β€” a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • leap β€” to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • bustle β€” If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
  • hustle β€” to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
  • plunge β€” to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • run β€” execution
  • burn β€” If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
  • hie β€” to hasten; speed; go in haste.
  • press β€” to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • flee β€” to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
  • fly β€” to move through the air using wings.
  • advance β€” To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
  • rush β€” to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
  • tear β€” the act of tearing.
  • bolt β€” A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
  • scurry β€” to go or move quickly or in haste.
  • pace β€” a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
  • race β€” Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
  • scoot β€” to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
  • push β€” to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
  • spurt β€” to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
  • scuttle β€” Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
  • speed up β€” an increasing of speed.
  • speed β€” rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
  • expedite β€” (transitive) To accelerate the progress of.
  • express β€” By express train or delivery service.
  • cover ground β€” to move or traverse a certain distance
  • get the lead out β€” Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20Β°C.
  • haste β€” swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • get cracking β€” to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • make haste β€” swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • make tracks β€” a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • shake a leg β€” an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • step on it β€” a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
  • take wing β€” either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
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