- 1speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time synonym hurry In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes. The letter had clearly been written in haste. After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste. Why all the haste?
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- 2(old-fashioned) She made haste to open the door. Idioms
people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake
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