slow down
- bog down v.
- brake v.
- catch one's breath v.
- check v.
- cumber v.
- decrease v.
- detain v.
- drag v.
- encumber v.
- hamper v.
- hold up v.
- impede v.
- laze v.
- lessen v.
- let up v.
- loaf v.
- mire v.
- obstruct v.
- peter out v.
- reduce v.
- rein v.
- relax v.
- retard v.
- set back v.
- slack/slacken v.
- stall v.
- strike v.
- unwind v.
- weaken v.
Example Sentences
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Obese children could be given extra time in the canteen, she says, to help them slow down their eating so their bodies have more time to feel full.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Bally’s also has warned that it will slow down work on its planned hotel and other amenities if Chicago moves forward with its video gambling plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Signs quickly piled up at his roadside memorial blaming Bustillos for the chain of events and telling other drivers to slow down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
More than once, she said, she has had to order planes to slow down or alter their trajectories to avoid accidents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
It looked wild, frenzied, like it wasn’t sure which way to go, forward and back, forward and back, and before it could slow down, I clamped my hand over the washer.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
