urgency
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Like there's no tomorrow
To do something with extreme intensity, urgency, or enjoyment, as if the future is uncertain or irrelevant.
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Pull your finger out
This idiom means to stop wasting time and start working more quickly or effectively.
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Shake a leg
To hurry up or start moving quickly, often implying a need for urgency or action.
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Cutting it close
To complete a task or arrive at a destination with very little time, space, or margin to spare.
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Racing against time
To work or act with extreme urgency because there is very little time left to complete a task or meet a deadline.
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Running out of time
To have very little time left before a deadline or event, often causing a sense of urgency.
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A race against time
A situation in which you must complete a task very quickly before a deadline or an impending event occurs.
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Right away
To do something immediately, without any delay or hesitation.
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Straight away
Immediately; without any delay or hesitation.
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Pronto
Used to indicate that something should be done or will happen quickly or immediately.