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to speed up
01
to become faster
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
speed
Present tense
speed up
3rd person singular
speeds up
Present participle
speeding up
Past simple
sped up
Past participle
sped up
Examples
The river currents began to speed up after heavy rainfall in the upstream areas.
02
to increase the speed of something
Transitive: to speed up an activity
Examples
The government launched initiatives to speed up the processing of visa applications for international travelers.
