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haste

haste [ hayst ]


noun 
Definition:
 
great speed: great speed, especially in situations where time is limited ( formal )
Act in haste, repent at leisure.



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle hast·ed, present participle hast·ing, 3rd person present singular hastes)
Definition:
 
( literary or archaic )
Same as  hasten (sense 2) (sense 3)


[13th century. < Old French< Germanic]

more haste less speed U.K. a way of saying that it is not worth rushing something because too many mistakes will be made

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