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hurry up and wait
Idioms and Phrases
Move quickly and then have to wait for something or someone. For example, We did our share in good time, but the others were several days behind so we couldn't finish鈥攊t was another case of hurry up and wait . This expression dates from the 1940s and probably originated in the armed services.Example Sentences
Meanwhile, a Carolina Federation organizer briefed attendees on the party's call to action for the evening: "hurry up and wait."
"We have moved into a hurry up and wait situation," he admitted.
The 鈥渉urry up and wait鈥 beat of deliberations gave way to anticipatory tension.
鈥淗urry up and wait鈥 is a concept any military member understands well, and it was an apropos mantra to sum up the trip, which Lombardi said entailed 鈥渓ong periods of boredom that are punctuated with moments of sheer terror.鈥
In the meantime, for those who like to hurry up and wait, the TSA鈥檚 two-hour policy remains a reasonable one.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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