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
Bichette hit a two-out single to right field and made the turn for second, but started to slow up as he saw Anthony Santander throwing the ball to the infield.
From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 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
Money began to slow up, so the whole spoiled thing went away.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2020
Both knights began waving their arms like windmills, anti-clockwise, in the vain effort to slow up.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
