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View definitions for slow down

slow down

verb as in bog down

verb as in brake

verb as in cumber

verb as in hold up

verb as in rein

verb as in relax

verb as in set back

verb as in unwind

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Example Sentences

As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.

I understand why there is so much emotion, but conflating these issues will slow down progress for tens of millions of women.

If dark energy comes and goes, though, maybe the rate of expansion will slow down again.

But that knowledge does nothing to slow down the dangerously fast pace of your heart beating as you stand paralyzed in fear.

We slow down when we pass a car wreck to survey the damage, and maybe even the body count.

Surprised at being addressed in such familiar manner, I slow down my pace.

Occasionally he had to slow down to pass a vehicle moving toward Phœnix, but not often.

Then a twist of the left handle-bar caused the Comet to slow down, and he pulled back on the bit.

There had been barely time for the car to slow down a little.

But I could not run uphill for long, and soon had to slow down to a walk.

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On this page you'll find 1309 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slow down, such as: halt, hang-up, impede, stall, decelerate, and delay.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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