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View definitions for slowed up

slowed up

verb as in set back

verb as in bog down

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Example Sentences

A horseman ran alongside the gharry, slowed up, peered down and shrugged.

On the contrary, if we pay too much attention to the Law the promises of God will be slowed up.

They turned at length into Carolina Road and the driver slowed up, looking round as he did so for instructions.

The horseman also slowed up, and when alongside stopped entirely, to exchange greetings.

The "Merrimac" slowed up her engines, as though to survey the strange antagonist thus braving her power.

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On this page you'll find 278 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slowed up, such as: decrease, diminish, fail, fall off, falter, and slacken.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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