Meanings
present singular third person slows up · participle present slowing up · participle past slowed up · past slowed up
- colloquialidiomaticTo slow; to slow down; to decelerate.
Roscoe slowed up at the town limit.
1997, Lee Child, “Chapter 22”, in Killing Floor2 more examples
She has been intto prison ministry work for several years and has never slowed up, but intensified her love.
1976 December 18, John Gibbs, “A True Sister”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 4Amidst all the chaos, Großer Kurfürst slows up and strikes her colors, her crew having had enough, and have^([sic]) overpowered the officers - willing to fight, but not willing to commit suicide.
2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 25:13 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022Synonyms: slow, slow down, decelerate
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo slow; to slow down; to decelerate.
More synonyms by meaning
verblose velocity; move more slowly
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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