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throttles down

throttles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throttle down.

Meaning of throttle down

Verb

throttle down (third-person singular simple present throttles down, present participle throttling down, simple past and past participle throttled down)

  1. To reduce power to (an engine), reduce speed
    • Therefore, before declutching, throttle down your engine.1908 March, Popular Mechanics, page 112
  2. To suppress (an emotion)
    • She had throttled down the chagrin the loss had caused her, observant of conventions, leaving it until decay had robbed the debtor of the right to the respect that must be given those that are Lying Dead.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter X, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 165

Questions about throttles down

What is throttles down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Throttles down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of throttle down.

Words near throttles down in the dictionary

  1. throttleman
  2. throttlemen
  3. throttler
  4. throttlers
  5. throttles
  6. throttles down
  7. throttling
  8. throttling down
  9. throttlingly
  10. throttlings
  11. throuble

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