pick up speed/momentum
idiom
: 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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The struggles were exacerbated by prolonged strikes by the writers and actors unions last year, which thinned out the 2024 movie slate just as theatrical moviegoing was starting to pick up momentum.
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Close call video:Watch as Oregon man narrowly escapes four-foot saw blade barreling toward him at high speed
Shoplifting suspect tries to outrun police horses
The officer and horse then pick up speed to chase after the man, who is dashing across the parking lot.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Evelyn’s videos soon began to pick up speed in the way only TikTok videos can.
—Dianna Mazzone Singh, Allure, 18 June 2024
Scorpio Rising Slowly but surely the pace of life begins to pick up speed in February as your planetary ruler, Mars, moves forward after a retrograde period that ended in January.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2023
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Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Close call video:Watch as Oregon man narrowly escapes four-foot saw blade barreling toward him at high speed
Shoplifting suspect tries to outrun police horses
The officer and horse then pick up speed to chase after the man, who is dashing across the parking lot.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Evelyn’s videos soon began to pick up speed in the way only TikTok videos can.
—Dianna Mazzone Singh, Allure, 18 June 2024
Scorpio Rising Slowly but surely the pace of life begins to pick up speed in February as your planetary ruler, Mars, moves forward after a retrograde period that ended in January.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2023
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