increase the tempo of work

/ɪnˈkriːs ðə ˈtempəʊ əv ˈwɜːk/

verb phrase

  1. to make work go faster; to raise the speed or rate at which tasks are done

    B2

    transitive verb phrase; subject is usually a person, team, or event that sets the pace

    • "We need to increase the tempo of work to finish on time."B1
    • "Since the deadline moved forward, the team has increased the tempo of work."B2
    • "Rather than simply increase the tempo of work, they looked at which tasks were slowing everything down."C1

  2. to make work more intense and demanding — more activity, pressure, and urgency, not only more speed

    C1

    transitive verb phrase; often used with adverbs of manner such as 'gradually', 'relentlessly'fairly formal; common in business and workplace writing

    • "As the launch date got closer, the whole office increased the tempo of work."B2
    • "Increasing the tempo of work without hiring more staff only pushed the error rate up."C1
    • "The director increased the tempo of work so relentlessly that burnout became a serious retention problem."C2

Collocations

increase the tempotempo of workpick up the paceset the tempospeed things upwork under pressureat a fast pace

Word family

tempoincreasepace