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hustle up

British  

verb

  1. informal (tr) to prepare quickly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Chan Hong, 36, sat in the shade last week and laughed as he watched his son hustle up, down and around the equipment.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

Tambo just wants to nap under his cardboard tree, and Bones is doing all he can to hustle up some quarters.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2022

"DJ was really solid, his hustle up and down the sidelines was very impressive," Kerr said.

From Fox News ● Dec. 21, 2021

So the Oyster Recovery Partnership of Maryland stepped in to hustle up shells from across the country.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2015

Four of you-all hustle up a couple hundred pounds of that ice pronto!

From Going Some by Rex Ellingwood Beach

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