A21
When someone is in too much of a hurry you might say, “Now just slow down! Don’t ________.” [Early QRs: When someone is in too much of a hurry, or wants to do something before the right time, you might say, “Calm down! Don’t ________.”]
| RUSH | 187 |
| TAKE IT EASY | 89 |
| BE IN SUCH A RUSH | 82 |
| GET EXCITED | 45 |
| RUSH ME | 37 |
| BE IN SUCH A HURRY | 34 |
| NR | 33 |
| GET IN SUCH A RUSH | 30 |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES | 24 |
| HURRY | 24 |
| TAKE YOUR TIME | 19 |
| KEEP YOUR SHIRT ON | 18 |
| SLOW DOWN | 17 |
| PANIC | 15 |
| RUSH THINGS | 15 |
| RUSH IT | 13 |
| RUSH SO | 13 |
| RUSH YOURSELF | 11 |
| BE IN A RUSH | 10 |
| GET IN A RUSH | 10 |
| GET YOUR BOWELS IN AN UPROAR | 10 |
| BE SO FAST | 9 |
| KILL YOURSELF | 9 |
| BE IN A HURRY | 8 |
| BREAK YOUR NECK | 8 |
| GET IN A HURRY | 7 |
| GET IN A PANIC | 7 |
| SIMMER DOWN | 7 |
| BUST A GUT | 6 |
| GO SO FAST | 6 |
| WORRY | 6 |
| BE SO IMPATIENT | 5 |
| CALM DOWN | 5 |
| GET IN AN UPROAR | 5 |
| GET IN SUCH A HURRY | 5 |
| GET NERVOUS | 5 |
| JUST TAKE IT EASY | 5 |
| OVERDO IT | 5 |
| PUSH ME | 5 |
| TEAR YOUR SHIRT | 5 |
| BLOW YOUR TOP | 4 |
| COOL IT | 4 |
| GET IN A TIZZY | 4 |
| GET YOUR ULCERS IN AN UPROAR | 4 |
| JUST TAKE YOUR TIME | 4 |
| PUSH IT | 4 |
| RACE YOUR MOTOR | 4 |
| WHAT’S YOUR HURRY | 4 |
| BE IMPATIENT | 3 |
| BE IN SUCH A FIZZ | 3 |
| BE IN SUCH A SWIVET | 3 |
| EXERT YOURSELF | 3 |
| GET SO EXCITED | 3 |
| GET TOO FAST | 3 |
| HURRY SO | 3 |
| JUMP THE GUN | 3 |
| WAIT | 3 |
| WEAR YOURSELF OUT | 3 |
| WHAT’S THE RUSH | 3 |
| WHERE’S THE FIRE | 3 |
| BE CALM | 2 |
| BE IN A SWIVET | 2 |
| BE IN NO HURRY | 2 |
| BE IN SUCH A TOOT | 2 |
| BE NERVOUS | 2 |
| BE SO ANTSY | 2 |
| BE SO PREVIOUS | 2 |
| BE TOO HASTY | 2 |
| BLOW A FUSE | 2 |
| BLOW A GASKET | 2 |
| BUST YOUR BUTTONS | 2 |
| FLIP YOUR LID | 2 |
| FRET | 2 |
| FUSS | 2 |
| GET IMPATIENT | 2 |
| GET IN A DITHER | 2 |
| GET IN A FIZZ | 2 |
| GET IN A HISSY | 2 |
| GET IN TOO BIG A HURRY | 2 |
| GET PANICKY | 2 |
| GET SHOOK | 2 |
| GET SO ANXIOUS | 2 |
| GET TOO EXCITED | 2 |
| GET TOO HASTY | 2 |
| GET UPSET | 2 |
| GET YOUR BALLS IN AN UPROAR | 2 |
| GET YOUR TAIL OVER THE DASHBOARD | 2 |
| GET YOUR WATER HOT | 2 |
| HASTE MAKES WASTE | 2 |
| HOLD ON | 2 |
| HOLD YOUR WATER | 2 |
| HURRY ME | 2 |
| “HURRY, TAKE YOUR TIME” | 2 |
| HUSTLE | 2 |
| JUST CALM DOWN | 2 |
| JUST SLOW DOWN | 2 |
| OVERDO | 2 |
| PUSH | 2 |
| PUSH THINGS | 2 |
| ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY | 2 |
| RUN OVER YOURSELF | 2 |
| RUSH SO MUCH | 2 |
| RUSH YOURSELF TO DEATH | 2 |
| SPEED | 2 |
| SPIN YOUR WHEELS | 2 |
| TAKE IT TOO FAST | 2 |
| UPSET THE APPLECART | 2 |
| WHAT’S YOUR RUSH | 2 |
| BE A DAMN HOG | 1 |
| BE A PUSHER | 1 |
| BE A SCHUSSEL | 1 |
| BE A SPEED KING | 1 |
| BE A SPEED MANIAC | 1 |
| BE AGITATED | 1 |
| BE ANXIOUS | 1 |
| BE IN A DIZZY | 1 |
| BE IN A HURLY-BURLY | 1 |
| “BE IN A HURRY, IT TOOK CHRIST SIX DAYS TO MAKE THE WORLD” | 1 |
| BE IN A SUCH A RUSH | 1 |
| BE IN A SWEAT | 1 |
| BE IN BIG HURRY | 1 |
| “BE IN NO HURRY, WE GOT ALL DAY FOR THIS” | 1 |
| BE IN NO RUSH | 1 |
| BE IN SO BIG A HURRY | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A FIDGET | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A FIDGETY | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A JITTER | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A SWEAT | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A TEAR | 1 |
| BE IN SUCH A WHIZ | 1 |
| BE IN TOO MUCH HASTE | 1 |
| BE IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY | 1 |
| BE IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH | 1 |
| BE MORE DELIBERATE | 1 |
| BE OVER-ANXIOUS | 1 |
| BE PATIENT | 1 |
| BE PUSHING IT | 1 |
| BE QUIET | 1 |
| BE SO AMBITIOUS | 1 |
| BE SO BUMFUZZLED | 1 |
| BE SO DAMNED FAST | 1 |
| BE SO FIDGETY | 1 |
| BE SO HIGH-STRUNG | 1 |
| BE SO JITTERY | 1 |
| BE SO PUSHY | 1 |
| BE SO RAMBUNCTIOUS | 1 |
| BE SO SCHUSSLIG | 1 |
| BE TOO FAST | 1 |
| BE TOO IMPATIENT | 1 |
| BE TOO QUICK | 1 |
| BEAT YOUR BRAINS OUT | 1 |
| BLOW YOUR WIG | 1 |
| BREAK YOUR ASS | 1 |
| BURN UP THE TRACKS | 1 |
| BURN UP YOUR CANDLE | 1 |
| BURST A BLOOD VESSEL | 1 |
| BUST A BLOOD VESSEL | 1 |
| BUST A BUTTON | 1 |
| BUST A HAME STRING | 1 |
| BUST YOUR BRITCHES | 1 |
| BUST YOUR GUT | 1 |
| CALM IT | 1 |
| CALM YOURSELF | 1 |
| COOL YOUR HEELS | 1 |
| CROWD ME | 1 |
| DRAG | 1 |
| EAGER BEAVER | 1 |
| EASE OFF | 1 |
| FALL OUT | 1 |
| FALL OVER THE CORPSE | 1 |
| FIDGET | 1 |
| FLY OFF THE HANDLE | 1 |
| GET A HEART ATTACK | 1 |
| GET ALL BOTHERED UP | 1 |
| GET ALL EXCITED | 1 |
| GET ALL HET UP | 1 |
| GET ANTSY | 1 |
| GET FUSSED UP | 1 |
| GET HOT | 1 |
| GET IN A FIDGET | 1 |
| GET IN A FRAZZLE | 1 |
| GET IN A FUSS | 1 |
| GET IN A JITTER | 1 |
| GET IN A STEW | 1 |
| GET IN A SWEAT | 1 |
| GET IN A YANK | 1 |
| GET IN SUCH A FLUSTER | 1 |
| “GET IN SUCH A RUSH, YOU’LL LIVE LONGER” | 1 |
| GET IN SUCH A SWIVET | 1 |
| GET IN SUCH A TIZZY | 1 |
| GET IN TOO BIG A RUSH | 1 |
| GET IN TOO MUCH OF A RUSH | 1 |
| GET INTO A BIG HURRY | 1 |
| GET INTO A RUSH | 1 |
| GET IT IN A TIZZY | 1 |
| GET OUT OF PATIENCE | 1 |
| GET OVERHEATED | 1 |
| GET PUSHY | 1 |
| GET RATTLED | 1 |
| GET SNATCHED | 1 |
| GET SO PREVIOUS | 1 |
| GET SO RILED UP | 1 |
| GET SO SHOOK UP | 1 |
| GET THE CART AHEAD OF THE HORSE | 1 |
| GET THERE SWEATING | 1 |
| GET TOO ANXIOUS | 1 |
| “GET TOO EXCITED, IT MIGHT WORK YOUR ULCERS UP” | 1 |
| GET TOO OVER-ANXIOUS | 1 |
| GET TOO RAMBUNCTIOUS | 1 |
| GET UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| GET YOUR ASS IN AN UPROAR | 1 |
| GET YOUR ASS OVER THE DASHBOARD | 1 |
| GET YOUR BLOOD IN A TURMOIL | 1 |
| GET YOUR CART BEFORE YOUR HORSE | 1 |
| GET YOUR DANDER UP | 1 |
| GET YOUR DANDRUFF UP | 1 |
| GET YOUR PRESSURE UP | 1 |
| GET YOUR TAIL IN A KNOT | 1 |
| GET YOUR TEMPER UP | 1 |
| GET YOUR UNDERWEAR IN A BUNDLE | 1 |
| GET YOUR UNDIES IN A BUNDLE | 1 |
| GET YOUR WATER BOILING | 1 |
| GET YOURSELF ALL EXCITED | 1 |
| GET YOURSELF IN A LATHER | 1 |
| GET YOURSELF IN A SWEAT | 1 |
| GET YOURSELF IN A TIZZY | 1 |
| GIT IN TOO MUCH OF A HURRY | 1 |
| GO OFF HALF-BAKED | 1 |
| GO OFF HALF-COCKED | 1 |
| GO OFF THE DEEP END | 1 |
| GO OVERBOARD | 1 |
| GO TOO FAST | 1 |
| HAVE A CONVULSION | 1 |
| HAVE A FIT | 1 |
| HAVE A HEART ATTACK | 1 |
| HAVE A HERNIA | 1 |
| HOLD BACK A LITTLE | 1 |
| HOLD EVERYTHING | 1 |
| HOLD IT | 1 |
| HOLD THE FORT | 1 |
| HOLD UP A MINUTE | 1 |
| HOLD UP THERE | 1 |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES NOW | 1 |
| HOLD YOUR POTATER | 1 |
| HOLD YOUR TATER | 1 |
| HURRY SO FAST | 1 |
| HURRY THINGS | 1 |
| HURRY YOURSELF | 1 |
| HUSTLE TOO HARD | 1 |
| I’D MUCH RATHER SEE IT DONE RIGHT THAN DONE FAST | 1 |
| JUMP OUT OF YOUR SKIN | 1 |
| JUST BE PATIENT FOR A FEW MINUTES | 1 |
| JUST BE YOURSELF | 1 |
| JUST COOL OFF | 1 |
| JUST HOLD IT BACK | 1 |
| JUST HOLD YOUR HORSES | 1 |
| JUST WAIT A MINUTE | 1 |
| KEEP CALM | 1 |
| KEEP YOUR DRAWERS ON | 1 |
| KEEP YOUR PANTS ON | 1 |
| KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY | 1 |
| KICK THE BUCKET | 1 |
| KNOCK YOURSELF OUT | 1 |
| LOSE YOUR SHIRT | 1 |
| MAKE A MISTAKE | 1 |
| MAS DESPACIO | 1 |
| MIND THE BLOOD PRESSURE | 1 |
| NO NEED TO HURRY | 1 |
| NO USE TO HURRY | 1 |
| NOW HOLD YOUR HORSES | 1 |
| NOW HOLD YOUR PANTS ON | 1 |
| OVERDO YOURSELF | 1 |
| PASS ME | 1 |
| PASS THE SPEED LIMIT | 1 |
| PISS FORE YOUR WATER COMES | 1 |
| PRESS IT | 1 |
| PUSH YOURSELF | 1 |
| PUT THE BRAKES ON | 1 |
| PUT THE LID ON THE POT | 1 |
| QUIT HURRYING | 1 |
| RACE YOUR ENGINE | 1 |
| RELAX | 1 |
| ROLL BACK UP AND WAIT | 1 |
| RUN | 1 |
| RUN ALL THE TIME | 1 |
| RUN OVER EVERYTHING | 1 |
| RUSH ALL THE TIME | 1 |
| RUSH AROUND SO | 1 |
| RUSH ME SO | 1 |
| “RUSH ME, MAN” | 1 |
| RUSH OFF | 1 |
| “RUSH SO MUCH, TAKE IT EASY” | 1 |
| RUSH THE GAME | 1 |
| RUSH THE MOURNERS | 1 |
| RUSH THROUGH LIFE | 1 |
| RUSH THROUGH THIS | 1 |
| RUSH TOO MUCH | 1 |
| RUSH YOUR LIFE AWAY | 1 |
| “RUSH, OLD ROME WASN’T BUILT IN A DAY” | 1 |
| “SAVE YOUR HEART, BROTHER” | 1 |
| SCHUSSEL | 1 |
| SHERIFF AFTER YOU | 1 |
| “SIMMER DOWN, BOY” | 1 |
| SLOW DOWN A BIT | 1 |
| “SLOW DOWN, DON’T RUSH” | 1 |
| “SLOW DOWN, FIDO” | 1 |
| “SLOW DOWN, WHAT’S YOUR RUSH” | 1 |
| SLOW HER DOWN | 1 |
| SLOW UP | 1 |
| SLOW UP A LITTLE BIT | 1 |
| SLOW UP AND DO IT RIGHT | 1 |
| “SLOW UP, TAKE YOUR TIME” | 1 |
| “SLOW UP, YOU GOT PLENTY TIME” | 1 |
| STRAIN YOURSELF | 1 |
| TAKE A BREATHER | 1 |
| TAKE A STEADY GAIT | 1 |
| TAKE IT A LITTLE EASY | 1 |
| TAKE IT CALM | 1 |
| TAKE IT TOO HURRIED | 1 |
| TAKE YOUR TIME AND YOU’LL BE FURTHER AHEAD | 1 |
| TEAR THE PLACE APART | 1 |
| TEAR THE WORLD DOWN | 1 |
| THE WORLD WASN’T MADE IN A DAY | 1 |
| THERE ISN’T A FIRE | 1 |
| THERE’S NO RUSH | 1 |
| THEY GOT MORE DAYS THAN WEEKS | 1 |
| THROW YOUR STIFLE OUT | 1 |
| TIE YOUR BRITCHES UP | 1 |
| TRY TO DO ALL IN ONE DAY | 1 |
| TRY TO DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY | 1 |
| TRY TO KILL THE JOB | 1 |
| TRY TO RUSH | 1 |
| USE YOUR STRENGTH | 1 |
| WAIT A MINUTE | 1 |
| WATCH YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE | 1 |
| WHAT IS YOUR HURRY | 1 |
| WHAT’S THE HURRY | 1 |
| WHEWING AROUND | 1 |
| WHY DON’T YOU SLOW DOWN AND LIVE | 1 |
| WORK YOURSELF INTO A DITHER | 1 |
| YOU DIDN’T GROW IN A DAY | 1 |
| YOU DON’T HAVE TO CATCH A TRAIN | 1 |
| YOU WASN’T BORN IN A MINUTE | 1 |
| YOU’LL GET THERE SOON ENOUGH | 1 |
| YOU’LL GET ULCERS | 1 |
| YOU’LL NOT LIVE LONG BY IT | 1 |
| YOU’RE BURNING THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS | 1 |
| YOU’RE HURRYIN’ ME TOO MUCH | 1 |
| YOU’RE IN TOO BIG A HURRY | 1 |
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