slow on the uptake
Example Sentences
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To be fair, a lot of us have been slow on the uptake when it comes to understanding why so many young men seem drawn to the obvious loneliness and disconnection of chronically online lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
It’s no huge surprise that Kevin McCarthy is a little slow on the uptake.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023
So, that the next generations aren’t so slow on the uptake, the latest project from this ultraproductive vegetable grower is a no-dig book for children.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2023
“He was absent in his eyes when we were setting things up for the ceremony. He seemed slow on the uptake and clingy in a childlike way,” she says.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2020
Ned repeated, a little slow on the uptake.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
