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slow up

slow up verb: to slow; to slow down; to decelerate.

Verb

slow up (third-person singular simple present slows up, present participle slowing up, simple past and past participle slowed up)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To slow; to slow down; to decelerate.
    • She has been intto prison ministry work for several years and has never slowed up, but intensified her love.1976 December 18, John Gibbs, “A True Sister”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 4
    • Roscoe slowed up at the town limit.1997, Lee Child, “Chapter 22”, in Killing Floor

Synonyms of slow up

Antonyms

Forms of slow up

third-person singular presentslows up
present participleslowing up
past participleslowed up
pastslowed up

Questions about slow up

What does slow up mean?
Slow up means to slow; to slow down; to decelerate.
What part of speech is slow up?
Slow up is a verb.
What is the past tense of slow up?
The past tense of slow up is slowed up.

Words near slow up in the dictionary

  1. slow time
  2. slow times
  3. slow train
  4. slow trains
  5. slow TV
  6. slow up
  7. slow wheel
  8. slow worm
  9. slow worms
  10. slow-acting
  11. slow-bellies

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