speed up
Pick up pace
Speed up means to increase velocity or accelerate a process.
A car speeds up when the driver presses the accelerator; a project speeds up when obstacles are removed.
The opposite of slow down.
Can you speed up? We're running late.
They hired more staff to speed up production.
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- expediteSpeed up a process
- rushQuick sudden movement
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
- make hasteAct with urgency
get cracking · pick up the pace · sprint · streamline · fast-track · quicken · dash · turbocharge · put the pedal to the metal · step on it · step on the gas · double-time · race · full throttle · optimize · hustle · hurry · move it
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, quicken, hasten
- efficiencyoptimization, efficient, streamlining, effective, optimize
- motion idiomsin motion, on the move, on the go, move forward, move along
- phrasal verbspick up, look at, put down, turn on, turn off
- Getting Aheadshortcut, expedite, accelerate, promotion, advancement
speed, speeding, speeds, speedily, speedboat, speediness, speeded, speedometer, speedway