rush

rush
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noun
1 sudden movement or emotion
ADJECTIVE
headlong, sudden
adrenalin, sugar

Nothing can beat that adrenalin rush.

VERB + RUSH
experience, feel

She felt a rush of blood to her face.

PREPOSITION
rush for

The movie ended, and there was a rush for the exits.

rush of

A rush of water came from the burst pipe.

She experienced a sudden rush of emotion.

2 busy period
ADJECTIVE
awful, big, frantic, great, mad
sudden
last-minute
Christmas, holiday (esp. AmE)
gold (= rush to find gold in a particular place)
VERB + RUSH
avoid

Do your Christmas shopping early and avoid the rush.

RUSH + NOUN
decision
job

You can see that the painting was a rush job.

hour

During rush hour the drive may take up to twice as long.

PREPOSITION
in a rush

I've been in a mad rush all day.

rush for

a last-minute rush for tickets

rush of

a sudden rush of tourist traffic

PHRASES
have a rush on

We've had a rush on at the office, dealing with the backlog of orders.

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verb
ADVERB
headlong, madly

a train rushing headlong down the track

quickly
immediately
suddenly
downstairs, upstairs
about (esp. BrE), around, back, forward, home, in, off, out, over, past

She was rushing around madly looking for her bag.

PREPOSITION
along, from, into, out of, through, to, etc.

A surge of joy rushed through her body.

He was rushed to hospital.

PHRASES
come rushing, go rushing

Two men came rushing into the room.

rush to sb's rescue, rush to the rescue

Whenever her little brother was upset, Jane rushed to the rescue.

Rush is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑air, ↑blood, ↑colour, ↑crowd, ↑servant, ↑shopper, ↑train, ↑water

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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