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quicken pace to finish

[ˈkwɪkən peɪs tu ˈfɪnɪʃ]
verb phrase
acelerar o ritmo para terminar
1. to increase speed or urgency in order to complete something
We need to quicken pace to finish the project before the deadline.
Precisamos acelerar o ritmo para terminar o projeto antes do prazo.
2. to move or work faster in order to reach completion
The workers quickened pace to finish the construction.
Os trabalhadores aceleraram o ritmo para terminar a construção.
NYC Slang
pick it up to wrap it up
Synonyms
speed up to finishaccelerate to completehasten to endpick up the pacestep up efforts
Antonyms
slow downdeceleratedrag outtake one's time

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
acelerar o ritmo para terminar
most common usage in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
apressar o passo para acabar
colloquial variant
São Paulo
aumentar a velocidade para concluir
more formal business context
Portugal
apressar o passo para terminar
common in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

pick up the pace
get a move on
step on it
make tracks
hit the gas
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