Meanings
verbpick up the pace (third-person singular simple present picks up the pace, present participle picking up the pace, simple past and past participle picked up the pace)
present singular third person picks up the pace · participle present picking up the pace · participle past picked up the pace · past picked up the pace
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo begin moving or working faster.
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Translations
Finnish kiristää tahtia
- kiristää tahtiato begin moving or working faster
French presser le pas
- presser le pasto begin moving or working faster
Hungarian felveszi a tempót
- felveszi a tempótto begin moving or working faster
Polish zwiększać tempo, zwiększyć tempo
- zwiększać tempoto begin moving or working faster
- zwiększyć tempoto begin moving or working faster
- podkręcać tempoto begin moving or working faster
- podkręcić tempoto begin moving or working faster
- przyspieszać tempoto begin moving or working faster
- przyspieszyć tempoto begin moving or working faster
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APA
pick up the pace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20the%20pace
MLA
“pick up the pace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20the%20pace. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick up the pace,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20the%20pace.
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