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Speed up   /spid əp/   Listen
Speed up

verb
1.
Move faster.  Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed.
2.
Cause to move faster.  Synonyms: accelerate, speed.





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"Speed up" Quotes from Famous Books



... and, to their intense gratification, discovered a flight of ruined stone steps leading down the outside of the wall to a narrow alley in the rear. Down these steps they at once made their way, then ran at top speed up the alley and out of the end of it into one of the broader streets of the city. They had now got a good start, for it would take some little time for the pirates to ride round, even if they should chance to catch sight of ...
— A Chinese Command - A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas • Harry Collingwood


Words linked to "Speed up" :   speed, quicken, intensify, brisk up, decelerate, modify, accelerate, deepen, brisk, alter, change, brisken, speedup


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