phrasal verb · neutral
get up to speed
/ɡet ʌp tuː spiːd/get up to SPEED
to reach the required level of knowledge or ability for a task
Examples
“I spent my first week reading reports to get up to speed on the project.”
“New employees usually need time to get up to speed.”
“Can you brief me so I can get up to speed before the meeting?”
Band 8 sentence
“Before joining the policy team I read recent evaluations so I could get up to speed quickly and contribute meaningfully.”
Collocations
- get up to speed on
- get up to speed with
Word family
Common mistakes
I need to get up speed on the new system.→I need to get up to speed on the new system.
She is getting up the speed.→She is getting up to speed.
Say it for a higher band
5catch up→6be familiar with→7+get up to speed
Synonyms
catch up
Easily confused
catch up
“After two weeks off, she worked extra hours to catch up with her emails.”
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