I told him to hurry, but he still managed to be late.

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I told him to hurry, but he still arrived late.

I urged him to hurry, but he was still late, which annoyed me.

For instance, I told him to hurry, but he still managed to be late.

He always seems to be late, even when I tell him to hurry.

I instructed him to expedite his arrival, yet he remained tardy.

I told him to get a move on, but he was still late.

I said he should hurry, but he was late anyway.

To instruct someone to move quickly.

To somehow still be late despite efforts to avoid it.