speed

/spiːd/ verb (past tense and past participle sped, speeded)

Translation

speed along/down/past, etc › to move somewhere or happen very fast

süratle/hızla gitmek/olmak

The three men jumped into a car and sped away.1619

be speeding › to be driving faster than you are allowed to

hız sınırını ihlal ederek araba kullanıyor olmak

1680

speed (sth) up phrasal verb

› to move or happen faster, or to make something move or happen faster

hızlan(dır)mak, hızını art(ır)mak

Can you try to speed up a bit please?1619

(Definition of speed verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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