New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: speed bump · speed hump · feed up · send up · speak up · speed by · spew up · speed trap · spruced up · steamed up

speed up

1 (v + adv) move faster INTRANSITIVEgluais níos tapagéaraigh ar an luasthe car behind us speeded up to catch us ghéaraigh an carr taobh thiar dúinn ar a luas chun teacht suas linn, thiomáin an carr taobh thiar dúinn níos gasta le coinneáil linn 2 (v + adv) start doing sth faster INTRANSITIVEéirigh níos tapaéirigh níos sciobthaéirigh níos gastayou'll speed up when you get used to it éireoidh tú níos tapa nuair a rachaidh tú ina thaithí → see speed

Phrases and Examples in other entries

get up »

to get up speed luas a ghéarú
gobble up »

high speed gobbles up fuel ídíonn ardluas go leor breosla
pick up »

it picks up speed tosaíonn sé ag dul níos tapúla
pull up »

he was pulled up for speeding stopadh é faoi bheith ag tiomáint róthapa
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up to speedI'm not up to speed on the new programme níl mé tagtha isteach ar an gclár nua fós, ní thuigim an clár nua i gceart go fóillthe project isn't up to speed yet níl an togra faoi lánseol go fóillhe'll get you up to speed on what happened cuirfidh sé ar an eolas thú faoi cad a tharla
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can we speed things up? an féidir linn rudaí a bhrostú?, an dtig linn dlús a chur le cúrsaí?, an féidir linn rudaí a dhéanamh níos gasta?

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