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slows up

slows up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is slows up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slows up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slow up.

Words near slows up in the dictionary

  1. slows
  2. slows down
  3. slows in
  4. slows off
  5. slows out
  6. slows up
  7. slowsome
  8. slowtard
  9. slowtards
  10. slowth
  11. slowwitted

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