make haste

English

Verb

make haste (third-person singular simple present makes haste, present participle making haste, simple past and past participle made haste)

1. (intransitive, dated) To hurry or hasten.
   • c. 1596-97 William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     Since I have your good leave to go away,

     I will make haste: but, till I come again,

     No bed shall e'er be guilty of my stay,

     Nor rest be interposer 'twixt us twain.

   • c. 1599-1601 William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III scene ii^[2]:

     Bid the players make haste.

     Will you two help to hasten them?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:rush

Translations

to rush

• Bulgarian: бързам (bg) (bǎrzam)
• Finnish: kiiruhtaa (fi)
• French: faire diligence (fr)
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• Italian: affrettarsi (it)
• Japanese: 急ぐ (ja) (いそぐ, isogu)
• Latin: festīnō
• Maori: āhiki