rush

/rʌʃ/ verb

Definition

› [I] to move or go somewhere very quickly: rush to/into/out of sth Rescue workers rushed to the site of the chemical fire.

› [I or T] to do something very quickly: We can't rush the process. They've asked us to rush delivery of the credit card machines. Please do the work carefully and do not rush.

(Definition of rush verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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