Collocations for "rushing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rushing" in context.
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rush
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- rush to [the store, work, school]
- rushed to [get, make, buy, tell, greet]
- rush around (like crazy)
- rush around [town, the house]
- rushing around in the [morning, evening]
- rush into the [house, store]
- rush out of the [house]
- rush over to the [hospital, house]
- rushed [over, through, towards]
- (there's) no need to rush
- UK: you needn't rush
- you can't rush [genius, art]
- rush through the [book, homework, exam]
- rush through life
- rush into a [relationship, marriage]
- rush to judgment
- rushed off with [her, his girlfriend]
- rush the [work, job, project]
- rush ahead with the [plan, idea]
- the [blood, adrenaline] rushed
- (feel it) rushing through her [body, veins]
- [water, gas, fluid] rushed out
- the [train, car, motorbike] rushed by
- sports: rushed [the ball, 150 yards, over the line]
- a [crazy, mad, sudden, mighty] rush
- during the [mid morning, evening] rush
- there was a rush for [bargains, sale items, special offers]
- there was a rush to [buy, get, make, have]
- a rush to get the best [deals, seats]
- in a rush to get [out, away, to the front]
- in a rush to make a [decision, move, choice]
- [was, got] trampled in the rush to (get out)
- [sorry, I can't] - I'm in a rush
- [what's, why] the rush?
- a [head, brain, blood, sugar] rush
- gave me a rush [when, to]
- that [ride, experience] was such a rush!
- be patient, there's no rush
- [experienced, suffered, had] a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head)
- they [struck it, got] rich during the gold rush
- a rush of [blood, adrenaline, excitement]
- cinema: [watching, editing] the rushes
- rushes [in, by] the pond
- the rush hour [traffic, tailbacks, transit]
- it was a (bit of a) rush job
'rushing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):