What does the expression 'hurry up' mean?

[lienanh]

Test No. incompl/elem-19 "Late Again", question 5

I'm telling that you must ......... up or ...

(a) haste
(b) hasten
(c) hurry
(d) quick

Test No. incompl/elem-19 "Late Again", answer 5

I'm telling that you must hurry up or ...

Correct answer: (c) hurry
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What does the expression 'hurry up' mean?

[Alan]

This means you must be quicker - you must do things more quickly because if you don't, we are going to be late for work.
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[Kyd]

Why I can't use: I'm telling that you must quick up or...?

[Torsten]

Hi Kyd,

Welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for your question. You can't use 'quick up' because 'quick' is not a verb and the phrase 'quick up' does not exist.
Regards,
Torsten
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