pick up speed

to increase speed. The train began to pick up speed as it went downhill. The car picked up speed as we moved into the left lane.

to increase in value or degree Stocks picked up speed in the final hour of trading this afternoon.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alfred	AL-frəd (English), al-FRED (French), AHL-fret (German, Polish), AHL-frət (Dutch)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Dutch
Kaley	KAY-lee	English (Modern)
Subira	-	Eastern African, Swahili
Putu	-	Indonesian, Balinese
OcÉAne	o-se-AHN	French
Urban	UWR-bahn (Polish), UR-bən (English)	Danish, Swedish, German, Polish, Slovene, Biblical, History