up to speed

Meaning

To be 'up to speed' means to have all the latest information, knowledge, or updates about a particular situation, project, or topic. It is often used with 'get' (to learn the updates) or 'bring' (to update someone else).

Examples

• Can you bring me up to speed on what was decided during yesterday's meeting?

  Can you bring me up to speed on what was decided during yesterday's meeting?

• It took the new developer about a week to get up to speed with our codebase.

  It took the new developer about a week to get up to speed with our codebase.

• I need to read these reports to get up to speed before the client call.

  I need to read these reports to get up to speed before the client call.

• Once everyone is up to speed, we can begin assigning individual tasks.

  Once everyone is up to speed, we can begin assigning individual tasks.

• She quickly got up to speed on the new software and is already training others.

  She quickly got up to speed on the new software and is already training others.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I need to put him up to speed on the project.

  ✓ I need to bring him up to speed on the project.

  The correct verb to use when updating someone else is 'bring' (bring someone up to speed), not 'put' or 'make'.

• ✗ I am up to speed about the new policy.

  ✓ I am up to speed on the new policy.

  In professional English, the standard preposition that follows 'up to speed' is 'on' (or sometimes 'with'), not 'about'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Please read this brief overview to get ___ on our current strategy.

  💡 To get fully updated with the latest information.

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  up to speed

• Let's schedule a quick call to bring the rest of the team ___.

  💡 To update everyone on what is happening.

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  up to speed