make haste

English

Verb

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

(intransitive, dated) To hurry or hasten.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  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. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  Bid the players make haste.
  Will you two help to hasten them?

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:rush

Derived terms

make haste slowly

Translations

to rush

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

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