In an awful rush, mother gets up to cook eggs (3,8)

I believe the answer is:

mad scramble

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'in an awful rush' is the definition.
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'mother gets up to cook eggs' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'gets up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'to cook eggs' becomes 'scramble' (I've seen this before).
'dam' back-to-front is 'mad'.
'mad'+'scramble'='MAD SCRAMBLE'

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