make haste
Example Sentences
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Then it will turn west and make haste: “We’re gonna gun it for the delta,” Stack Morgan says.
From Scientific American
As she headed back to the warehouse, her dispatcher encouraged her to make haste to beat the tornado, she said.
From Seattle Times
“We can’t, for something has been said, and Laurie’s mischief has spoiled you for me. I see it, and so does Mother. You are not like your old self a bit, and seem ever so far away from me. I don’t mean to plague you and will bear it like a man, but I do wish it was all settled. I hate to wait, so if you mean ever to do it, make haste and have it over quickly,” said Jo pettishly.
From Literature
“Faced with these uncertainties, we expect the RBA to make haste slowly, commencing a tightening cycle from mid-2023 onwards.”
From Reuters
“There! you will find it scarcely more legible than a crumpled, scratched page. Read on: only make haste, for I suffer.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.