hurry up and wait

English

Verb

hurry up and wait (third-person singular simple present hurries up and waits, present participle hurrying up and waiting, simple past and past participle hurried up and waited)

  1. (idiomatic, humorous) To hurry to complete a task or arrive at a destination by a specified time, only for nothing to happen, due to other requirements that have yet to be satisfied.
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