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hurry up and wait

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Definition of hurry up and wait

US, informal
—used to describe a situation in which one is forced to spend a lot of time waiting My father says that all he did in the army was hurry up and wait. —sometimes used as a noun phrase Traveling often involves a lot of hurry up and wait.

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