slow up
Example Sentences
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"If every single home needs to be applied for on an exemption basis that will slow up the delivery of desperately-needed new homes, that administration will be burdensome."
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025
The field will look to hunt down Ewing over the weekend, but it will need her to slow up.
From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2023
Bond yields slumped on Wednesday to multi-month lows, but rather than moving higher on expectations the Fed will slow up on its policy tightening, this time Wall Street slumped into the red.
From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023
Jackson appeared to slow up just before the finish line during the heat, which allowed Italy’s Dalia Kaddari to pass her in the final moment.
From Fox News • Aug. 2, 2021
“Glad the rain is gone. Don’t want anything to slow up Reynolds.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
