to make something move or happen faster
to move or happen faster
Even modern, quiet fishing trawlers can make this kind of noise if they speed up suddenly and inadvertently hassle the haddock.
He savoured the phrase as the traffic began to speed up a little.
The memories flickered inside so quickly that they would have overwhelmed him if he hadn't used his time sense to speed up his mind.
They groaned and panted, but they could do nothing to speed up her progress.
We’re hoping the changes will help speed things up a bit.
You see drivers speeding up when they should be slowing down.
speeds up
speeding up
sped up
speeded up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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