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speed up

  • /spiːdˈʌp/

verb speeds up · speeding up · speeded up · sped up

  1. idiomatic, intransitive To accelerate; to increase speed. The car sped up as it went around the corner.
  2. transitive To accelerate (something): to increase its speed, to make it go faster. You shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.

Similar: accelerate, chop-chop, get a move on, get a wiggle on, get it on, get one's ass in gear, get one's skates on, get the lead out, hasten, hurry up, mend one's pace, pick up speed

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