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slacken pace

VERB

check

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrest control curb halt prevent reduce stop

STRONG

baffle bar bit bottleneck bridle checkmate choke circumvent constrain counteract delay discourage foil frustrate harness hold impede inhibit interrupt limit moderate neutralize obstruct obviate pause preclude rebuff repress repulse retard snub squelch stay suppress tame terminate thwart withhold

WEAK

cut short hold back hold down hold in keep back nip in the bud play for time rein in slow down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid allow assist continue encourage help let go

STRONG

abet advance approve facilitate forward free permit release

WEAK

expedite indulge liberate

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Mrs. Lear allowed Trinidad to slacken pace as they neared the Burmaster estate.

From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)

After that the track began to rise, and the grade grew so steep that even Ismail, the furious, had to slacken pace.

From King of the Khyber Rifles by Mundy, Talbot

Close Up, finding it did not go off when he expected, began to slacken pace and gallop in an undecided way.

From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

What long faces the “sixers” pulled as their man began to puff and slacken pace!

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

Over and over again Xenophon would send an order to the front to slacken pace, when the enemy were pressing their attack severely.

From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham

slacken pace

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