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speed up

• move or work more quickly.
• "you force yourself to speed up because you don't want to keep others waiting"
Similar: hurry up, accelerate, move faster, go faster, drive faster, get a move on, put a spurt on, open it up, increase speed, pick up speed, gather speed, look smart, get cracking, get moving, step on it, step on the gas, shake a leg, rattle one's dags, get one's skates on, stir one's stumps, get a wiggle on, put foot, make haste,
Opposite: slow down,

speed-up noun

• an increase in speed, especially in a person's or machine's rate of working.

up to speed

• operating at full speed.


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