pick up speed

Meaning

1. to go faster

In the movies · 4

• 2 miles. Picking up speed.Twister1996
• but we're picking up speed again.Unstoppable2010
• pick up some speed, and get them home as quick as we can.Apollo 131995
• So why don't you pick up the speed a little bit?Trainwreck2015

From the same entry

• pick and choose
• pick brains
• pick a fight
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick pocket
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up the threads
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with