Hurried up the friend as he'd gone in to dress (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
made haste
'hurried' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'up the friend as he'd gone in to dress' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'as' is within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for made haste that I've seen before include "progressed rapidly" , "Hurried" , "rushed" .)