pick up speed/momentum

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: to begin to have more speed/momentum

The cyclists quickly picked up speed as they headed down the mountain.

His campaign has begun to pick up momentum.

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By Karina Tsui | CNN Powerful winds that fueled fast-moving wildfires across Southern California this week are expected to pick up momentum on Thursday –– worsening conditions for firefighters who are already battling limited visibility to save lives. —

Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024 Clipper will first fly to Mars to slingshot around the planet and pick up speed in early 2025. —

Jay Bennett, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024 Cognitive science research helps to explain how such virtuous empathetic cycles can pick up speed. —

Elizabeth Svoboda, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024 Great-power competition will intensify, predatory trade practices will spread, and the democratic reversal already under way will pick up speed. —

Ivo Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2018 See all Example Sentences for pick up speed/momentum

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