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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With the Rams appearing to pick up momentum, the Eagles defense came up huge. —

Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025 Waymo, owned by Club name Alphabet, continues to pick up momentum and enter new markets. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024 More States Ban Legacy Admissions The move to end legacy admissions, the policy that gives an admissions advantage to the relatives of a college’s alumni or donors, continued to pick up momentum in 2024. —

Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 The suave scamp buoys a ship taking on water, and the second and third episodes (of the eight-episode first season) pick up speed as their imagination balloons (thanks, in part, to director David Lowery). —

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