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sped

[sped] / spɛd /

VERB

move along quickly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost expedite facilitate fly further hasten help hurry promote quicken ride run rush zoom

STRONG

aid assist barrel belt bomb career dispatch flash gallop hightail impel race sail spring tear urge whiz

WEAK

bowl over cover ground cut along gather momentum gear up get a move on get moving get under way go all out go fast go like the wind lose no time make haste open up throttle press on step on it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

block cease check decrease delay halt hinder hurt obstruct prevent procrastinate rest retard slow stop walk

STRONG

dissuade

Example Sentences

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He released “Bad Habit — Sped Up” as a single in July.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Sped away to a 5 1/2-length win in the Kelso Stakes at Belmont Park as the 1-20 favorite.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2021

Appeared in the April 16, 2018, print edition as 'Inquiry Sped WPP Chief’s Exit.'

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2018

Sped to the Capitol behind a motorcycle escort, the visitor, 80 minutes late, found the House adjourned and half the Senate absent.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Rákshas on their bodies gazed; And, mid the shouts his followers raised, Sped back to Lanká to relate In Rávaṇ's hall the princes' fate.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)