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slow up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.slow up - become slow or slower; "Production slowed"slacken, slow, slow down, slackweaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | | 2.slow up - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"slow, slow downbog, bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"constipate, clog - impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" | | 3.slow up - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"decelerate, slow, slow down, retarddecrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"slow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" |
slow up
slow up1. To decrease in speed. Would you please slow up a little, I can't keep up with you! Once he slowed up and started speaking clearly, I finally understood what he was talking about.2. To cause, compel, or force someone or something to decrease in speed. A noun or pronoun can be used between "slow" and "up" in this use. You really should slow the engine up before shifting gears like that. We need to try to slow up their linebacker, or he's going to keep sacking our quarterback all day long.3. To decrease in frequency, intensity, or activity. She's got too much going on at the moment, between work and the kids. She needs to slow up or she's going to have a heart attack! The company announced they were slowing up production after the lukewarm response to the latest product.4. To cause, compel, or force someone or something to decrease in frequency, intensity, or activity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "slow" and "up" in this use. The government plans to slow their infrastructure investments up over the next year to help balance the federal budget. My arthritis has really started slowing me up lately.See also: slow, upslow someone or something up and slow someone or something downto cause someone or something to reduce speed. I'm in a hurry. Don't try to slow me down. Please slow up the train. There are sheep near the track.See also: slow, upslow upto go slower; to reduce speed in order for someone or something to catch up. slow up a little! I can't keep up with you! Please slow up. I can't follow your lecture when you talk so fast.See also: slow, upslow upSlacken or cause to slacken in speed, as in The train slowed up as it approached the curve, or Come on, you're slowing me up. [Late 1800s] Also see slow down, def. 1. See also: slow, upslow upv.1. To delay someone or something; retard someone or something: Bad weather slowed up the project. The accident on the freeway slowed us up.2. To move, work, or happen at a slower rate: Traffic slows up where the two freeways converge.See also: slow, upEncyclopediaSeeslowslow up
Related to slow up: get alongSynonyms for slow upverb become slow or slowerSynonyms- slacken
- slow
- slow down
- slack
Related Wordsverb cause to proceed more slowlySynonymsRelated Words- bog
- bog down
- decelerate
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- retard
- constipate
- clog
verb lose velocitySynonyms- decelerate
- slow
- slow down
- retard
Related Words- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- fall
- slow up
- slow
- slow down
- delay
- detain
- hold up
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