Verb
pick up speed (third-person singular simple present picks up speed, present participle picking up speed, simple past and past participle picked up speed)
To accelerate
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. Arthur Schopenhauer
Load the sled with enough weight to make you work but not so much that you fail to pick up speed. Source: Internet
Hope COVID doesn’t pick up speed later this year. Source: Internet
I secured myself, yelled avalanche as loud as I could and watched the avalanche pick up speed and move the whole length of the slope. Source: Internet
Then, it will pick up speed as it starts to fall back toward the sun. Source: Internet
“We expect the recall campaign to really pick up speed now. Source: Internet