speed up

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verb
  1. 1

    To accelerate; to increase speed.

    โ€œThe car sped up as it went around the corner.โ€

  2. 2

    To increase the speed of something; to make something go faster.

    โ€œYou shouldn't speed up your car when you go around corners.โ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/speed%20up