Sudden+rush

  • 1(a) sudden rush of blood to the head — a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head) if you have a rush of blood to the head, you suddenly feel very excited or very angry, and do or say something silly. Thomson was sent off for head butting Gray in a rush of blood to the head …

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  • 2(a) sudden rush of blood — a (sudden) rush of blood (to the head) if you have a rush of blood to the head, you suddenly feel very excited or very angry, and do or say something silly. Thomson was sent off for head butting Gray in a rush of blood to the head …

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  • 3rush — rush1 [ rʌʃ ] verb ** ▸ 1 hurry to get somewhere ▸ 2 hurry to do something ▸ 3 flow very quickly ▸ 4 move quickly toward someone ▸ 5 carry ball forward ▸ 6 at college/university ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive rush in/toward/through/down etc. to… …

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  • 4rush */*/ — I UK [rʌʃ] / US verb Word forms rush : present tense I/you/we/they rush he/she/it rushes present participle rushing past tense rushed past participle rushed 1) a) [intransitive] to hurry in order to get somewhere very quickly rush… …

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  • 5rush — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sudden movement or emotion ADJECTIVE ▪ headlong, sudden ▪ adrenalin, sugar ▪ Nothing can beat that adrenalin rush. VERB + RUSH …

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  • 6rush — I. /rʌʃ / (say rush) verb (i) 1. to move or go with speed, impetuosity, or violence. 2. to dash; dash forward for an attack or onslaught. 3. to go or plunge with headlong or rash haste. 4. to go, come, pass, etc., rapidly: tears rushed to his… …

  • 7rush — 1 /rVS/ verb 1 MOVE QUICKLY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move very quickly, especially because you need to be somewhere very soon (+ out/past/through/along etc): We rushed home to find out what had happened to Julie. | One of the pipes… …

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  • 8rush — [[t]rʌ̱ʃ[/t]] ♦♦♦ rushes, rushing, rushed 1) VERB If you rush somewhere, you go there quickly. [V prep/adv] A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man s life... [V prep/adv] Someone inside the building rushed out... I ve got to rush.… …

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  • 9sudden — sud|den W3S2 [ˈsʌdn] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: sodain, from Latin subitaneus, from subitus sudden , from subire to come up ] 1.) happening, coming, or done quickly or when you do not expect it ▪ a sudden change in the weather ▪… …

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  • 10rush — 1. verb 1) she rushed home Syn: hurry, dash, run, race, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, hare, fly, speed, zoom, scurry …

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