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Real examples
"I'm still getting up to speed on the new authentication flow, so I'll need another day before I can estimate this."
"Sorry I missed yesterday's meeting. Can you bring me up to speed with what was discussed?"
"For reviewers who aren't up to speed on the migration: this PR changes how we handle user sessions."
"Added context notes to bring new team members up to speed on the background of this feature."
"We should create better documentation so future engineers can get up to speed faster."
"Before we estimate, is everyone up to speed on the new requirements from the product team?"
"Give me five minutes to get up to speed on this file, then we can start."
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up to speed
"I'm finally up to speed on the new architecture."
get up to speed
"It took me two days to get up to speed."
bring (someone) up to speed
"Let me bring you up to speed on what we decided."
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