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rush
To move, send, push, drive, etc. swiftly, violently, or hastily
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  1. To move, send, push, drive, etc. swiftly, violently, or hastily
  2. To move swiftly; hurry:
  3. To move or go swiftly or impetuously; dash
push
To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
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  1. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
  2. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove:
  3. To move by being pushed
apply-oneself
(Idiomatic) To put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus.
con
To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
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  1. To direct the steering or course of (a vessel).
  2. To swindle (a victim) by first gaining the person's confidence
  3. In opposition or disagreement; against:
swindle
To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
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  1. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
  2. To engage in swindling others
  3. To get money or property from (another) under false pretenses; cheat; defraud
flimflam
(Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
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  1. (Informal) To trick, swindle, or cheat
accelerate
(--- Physics) To change the velocity of.
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  1. (--- Physics) To change the velocity of.
  2. To increase the speed of:
  3. To increase the speed of
expedite
(Rare) To send off; issue officially; dispatch
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  1. (Rare) To send off; issue officially; dispatch
  2. To do quickly
  3. To speed up the progress of or execute quickly:
hasten
To move in a quick fashion.
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  1. To move in a quick fashion.
  2. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
  3. To speed up; accelerate:
hurry
To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
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  1. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
  2. To move or act with speed or haste.
  3. To cause to move or act with speed or haste:
quicken
To become excited or stimulated:
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  1. To become excited or stimulated:
  2. To reach the stage of pregnancy when the fetus can be felt to move.
  3. To become more rapid; speed up
speed
To increase the speed or rate of; accelerate. Often used with up:
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  1. To increase the speed or rate of; accelerate. Often used with up:
  2. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten:
  3. To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
bolt
(Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
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  1. (Archaic) To shoot (an arrow, etc.)
  2. To arrange or roll (lengths of cloth, for example) on or in a bolt.
  3. To start suddenly and run away:
bucket
(Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
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  1. (Brit.) To ride (a horse) at a fast pace
  2. To hold, carry, or put in a bucket:
  3. To move or drive rapidly or recklessly
bustle
To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
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  1. To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother
  2. To move or cause to move energetically and busily.
  3. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
dart
To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
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  1. To shoot (an animal, for example) with a dart, especially to inject a drug.
  2. To move suddenly and fast
  3. To move suddenly and rapidly:
dash
To throw so as to break; smash
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  1. To throw so as to break; smash
  2. To move swiftly or impetuously; rush
  3. To write hastily. Often used with off :
festinate
To hasten.
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  1. To hasten.
  2. To hurry; speed
flash
To appear or occur suddenly:
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  1. To appear or occur suddenly:
  2. To move or proceed rapidly:
  3. (Slang) To think of or remember something suddenly:
fleet
(Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
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  1. (Naut.) To change the position of (a rope, pulley block, etc.)
  2. To move swiftly; flit; fly
  3. To cause (time) to pass quickly.
flit
(Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
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  1. (Brit., Informal) To leave quickly, as to escape creditors
  2. (Scot., North Eng.) To move to other quarters, esp. by stealth
  3. To move quickly from one condition or location to another.
fly
To run away from; flee from; avoid
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  1. To run away from; flee from; avoid
  2. To move through the air by using wings, as a bird does
  3. Any of numerous insects of the order Diptera, having one pair of wings and large compound eyes. Flies include the houseflies, horseflies, and mosquitoes.
haste
(Rare) hasten
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  1. (Rare) hasten
  2. To hasten or cause to hasten.
hasten
To cause to move or act swiftly:
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  1. To cause to move or act swiftly:
  2. To move in a quick fashion.
  3. To cause to be or come faster; speed up; accelerate
hurry
To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
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  1. To speed the progress or completion of; expedite:
  2. To move or act with haste; move faster than is comfortable or natural
  3. To cause to move or act more rapidly or too rapidly; drive, move, send, force, or carry with haste
pelt
To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
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  1. To strike or assail repeatedly with thrown objects:
  2. To throw things at; strike with or as with missiles
  3. To move at a vigorous gait:
race
To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
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  1. To cause (an engine with the gears disengaged, for example) to run swiftly or too swiftly.
  2. Any of several extensive human populations associated with broadly defined regions of the world and distinguished from one another on the basis of inheritable physical characteristics, traditionally conceived as including such traits as pigmentation, hair texture, and facial features. Because the number of genes responsible for such physical variations is tiny in comparison to the size of the human genome and because genetic variation among members of a traditionally recognized racial group is generally as great as between two such groups, most scientists now consider race to be primarily a social rather than a scientific concept.
  3. To enter or run (a horse, etc.) in a race
rocket
To carry by means of a rocket.
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  1. To carry by means of a rocket.
  2. To soar or rise rapidly:
  3. A vehicle or device propelled by one or more rocket engines, especially such a vehicle designed to travel through space.
run
To cause to function; operate:
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  1. To cause to function; operate:
  2. To sew with a continuous line of stitches:
  3. (Nautical) To sail or steer before the wind or on an indicated course:
rush
(Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
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  1. (Football) To run toward (a passer or kicker) in order to block or disrupt a play.
  2. To cause to move rapidly:
  3. (Football) To run with the ball after a direct snap from the center or after a handoff or pitchout
sail
(Informal) To move or proceed quickly
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  1. (Informal) To move or proceed quickly
  2. To throw or otherwise propel (something) in a way that causes it to glide, float, or move steadily through the air
  3. (Nautical) To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel.
scoot
To ride on a scooter.
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  1. To ride on a scooter.
  2. To move or slide (something) quickly
  3. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
scour
To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
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  1. To clean things by vigorous rubbing and polishing
  2. To move swiftly; scurry.
  3. To remove as if by cleaning; sweep away; get rid of
shoot
(--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
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  1. (--- Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly:
  2. (--- Informal) To use up or waste (time, money, etc.)
  3. (Games, Sports) To hit, kick, throw, drive, or propel (a ball, marble, etc.) toward the objective
speed
To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
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  1. To drive at a speed exceeding a legal limit:
  2. The ratio of the distance traveled by an object (regardless of its direction) to the time required to travel that distance.
  3. To cause to move or proceed quickly; hasten:
sprint
To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
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  1. To run or race at full speed, esp. for a short distance
  2. To move rapidly or at top speed for a brief period, as in running or swimming.
tear
To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
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  1. To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)
  2. To become torn:
  3. To move violently or with speed; dash
trot
To cause to move at a trot.
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  1. To cause to move at a trot.
  2. To cause to go at a trot
  3. To move quickly; hurry; run
whirl
To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
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  1. To move, go, drive, etc. swiftly
  2. To move rapidly in a circular manner or as in an orbit; circle swiftly
  3. To move, carry, drive, etc. with a rotating motion
whisk
To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
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  1. To whip (egg whites, cream, etc.)
  2. To move quickly, nimbly, or briskly
  3. To move, remove, carry, brush (away, off, out, etc.) forcefully and speedily, as with a quick, sweeping motion
whiz
To throw or spin rapidly:
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  1. To throw or spin rapidly:
  2. To move or do something quickly:
  3. To move swiftly with or as with a buzzing or hissing sound
wing
To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.
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  1. To throw or propel (a ball, for example) through the air.
  2. One of a pair of specialized parts used for flying, as in birds, bats, or insects.
  3. To say or do (something) without preparation or forethought; improvise:
zip
(Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
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  1. (Informal) To move or propel something with speed and force
  2. To move or act with a speed that suggests such a sound:
  3. To cause to move with speed and force:
zoom
(Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
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  1. (Computers) To cause text or other graphics in a window or frame to appear larger on the screen.
  2. To move while making such a sound:
  3. To simulate movement rapidly away from or toward a subject using a zoom lens or other optical device.
hotfoot
(Informal) In great haste
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  1. (Informal) In great haste
  2. (Informal) To hurry; hasten
  3. To go in haste. Often used with it :
rip
A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
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  1. A stretch of water in a river, estuary, or tidal channel made rough by waves meeting an opposing current.
  2. To cut, tear, etc. (stitches) so as to open (a seam, hem, etc.)
  3. (Informal) To move with speed or violence
barrel
To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
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  1. To put or pack in a barrel or barrels
  2. (Informal) To go at high speed
  3. To move or progress rapidly:
highball
(Slang) To proceed at great speed
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  1. (Slang) To proceed at great speed
  2. To move ahead at full speed.
nip
To check or cut off the growth or development of:
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  1. To check or cut off the growth or development of:
  2. To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor:
  3. To move quickly; dart.
drive
Energy, push, or aggressiveness:
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  1. Energy, push, or aggressiveness:
  2. A strong organized effort to accomplish a purpose:
  3. The means or apparatus for controlling and directing an automobile:
enterprise
An undertaking; project
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  1. An undertaking; project
  2. An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk.
  3. Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit:
initiative
The characteristic of originating new ideas or methods; ability to think and act without being urged; enterprise
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  1. The characteristic of originating new ideas or methods; ability to think and act without being urged; enterprise
  2. The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.
  3. The right of a group of citizens to introduce a matter for legislation either to the legislature or directly to the voters
punch
The hole, cut, etc. made with a punch
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  1. The hole, cut, etc. made with a punch
  2. A tool driven or pressed against a surface that is to be stamped, pierced, etc.
  3. A tool driven against a nail, bolt, etc. that is to be worked in, or against a pin that is to be worked out
get-up-and-go
Initiation of action motivated by energy and ambition.
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  1. Initiation of action motivated by energy and ambition.
  2. Enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition
gumption
Guts; spunk.
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  1. Guts; spunk.
  2. (Obs.) Shrewdness in practical matters; common sense
  3. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness.
push
A thing to be pushed so as to work a mechanism
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  1. A thing to be pushed so as to work a mechanism
  2. A provocation to action; a stimulus:
  3. (Informal) Aggressiveness; enterprise; drive
celerity
Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
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  1. Swiftness of action or motion; speed.
  2. Swiftness in acting or moving; speed
dispatch
A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
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  1. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
  2. Efficient speed; promptness
  3. Speed in performance or movement.
expedition
A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
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  1. A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite objective:
  2. A sending forth or starting out on a journey, voyage, march, etc. for some definite purpose, as exploration or battle
  3. Speed or promptness in performance.
fleetness
The quality of being fleet
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  1. The quality of being fleet
haste
The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
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  1. The act of hurrying; quickness of motion; rapidity
  2. Rash or headlong action; precipitateness:
  3. Rapidity of action or motion:
hurry
A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
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  1. A hurrying or being hurried; rush; urgency
  2. Eagerness to do, act, go, etc. quickly
  3. Activity or motion that is often unduly hurried; haste:
rapidity
(Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
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  1. (Physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis
  2. (Physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light
  3. Speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid
rapidness
The characteristic of being rapid.
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  1. The characteristic of being rapid.
speed
A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle:
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  1. A transmission gear or set of gears in a motor vehicle:
  2. The state of being in rapid motion; rapidity:
  3. The act of moving rapidly:
speediness
The property of being fast; swiftness.
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  1. The property of being fast; swiftness.
swiftness
The state of being swift
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  1. The state of being swift
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  • Why didn't you just hustle out of town when I told you she was here?

  • Dean asked, trying to hustle Fred along with his drawn out explanation.

  • Maybe you snuck up here and helped hustle along your sweetie on her trip to never-never land.

  • Then why didn't I just forget about the whole business and hustle you?

  • But the result of a day's fighting, which was marked by initiative and combination of effort in the subordinate commanders, was to hustle the Turkish V.

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