hurry-scurry
archaic
noun [mass noun]
Disorderly haste: all was now hurry-scurry
adjective & adverb
With hurry and confusion: [as adverb]: the mob fled hurry-scurry [as adjective]: a hurry-scurry retreat
Origin
Mid 18th century: reduplication of hurry.
- in the saddle
- in the same (or next) breath
- in the second place
- in the sequel
- in the shape of
- in the shit
- in the short run (or term)
- in the soup
- in the swim
- in the teeth of
- in the throes of
- in the train of
- in the wake of
- in the wash
- in the way of
- in the whole (wide) world
- in the wings
- in the wink of an eye (or in a wink)
- in the works
- in the world
- in the wrong
- in the year of grace (or Our Lord) ——
- in this day and age
- in this (or that) connection
- in this (or that) regard