What does quicken up mean?

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quicken up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

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Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

quickens up (present, singular) quickening up (participle, present) quickened up (participle, past) quickened up (past)

What does quicken up mean?: To become or make (something) quicker or briefer.

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