slow up
Example Sentences
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Dorothy Lamour was refused entrance to the Glenn L. Martin plane plant at Middle River, Md., on the ground that a slow-up for ogling and neck-craning "might cost us half a bomber."
From Time Magazine Archive
Like other manufacturers, Chrysler will go into M-4 production without slow-up.
From Time Magazine Archive
The real dangers seemed to lie in a long-term slow-up of the natural gas industry, rather than immediate difficulties.
From Time Magazine Archive
But there were no signs of a slow-up in buying by well-heeled consumers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps he planned a gradual slow-up to block the flying section gently; perhaps he did not realize how fast the runaway was coming.
From Careers of Danger and Daring by Moffett, Cleveland
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
