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pick up speed

pick up speed verb: to accelerate.

Verb

pick up speed (third-person singular simple present picks up speed, present participle picking up speed, simple past and past participle picked up speed)

  1. To accelerate.

Synonyms of pick up speed

Forms of pick up speed

third-person singular presentpicks up speed
present participlepicking up speed
past participlepicked up speed
pastpicked up speed

Questions about pick up speed

What does pick up speed mean?
Pick up speed means to accelerate.
What part of speech is pick up speed?
Pick up speed is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick up speed?
The past tense of pick up speed is picked up speed.

Words near pick up speed in the dictionary

  1. pick up line
  2. pick up lines
  3. pick up on
  4. pick up one's crumbs
  5. pick up one's marbles and go home
  6. pick up speed
  7. pick up steam
  8. pick up stitches
  9. pick up stompies
  10. pick up the ball and run with it
  11. pick up the mantle

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