hurry up the cakes en · VERB
Meanings
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(US, colloquial, dated, imperative) Hurry up; get a move on.
From the street-boy, who apostrophizes Government with a profanely sandwiched recommendation to 'hurry up the cakes,' up to the grave divine, who in his prayer for the President and Congress, of these mentally adds, […]
1862, The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 300:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hurried up the cakes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hurried up the cakes | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hurrying up the cakes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hurries up the cakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |