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slowing up

slowing up is the present participle and gerund of slow up.

Meaning of slow up

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

Questions about slowing up

What is slowing up the present participle and gerund of?
Slowing up is the present participle and gerund of slow up.

Words near slowing up in the dictionary

  1. slowing
  2. slowing down
  3. slowing in
  4. slowing off
  5. slowing out
  6. slowing up
  7. slowing-down time
  8. slowings
  9. Slowinski
  10. Slowinskis
  11. slowish

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