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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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She could not keep up, and he did not slacken pace when she began to fall behind.

From North of Fifty-Three by Fischer, Anton Otto

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

Before reaching this, however, a reflection caused him to slacken pace, and then come to a stop.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne

Bowing low like racers over their handle-bars, they shoot past us; they slacken pace and keep alongside, they shoot ahead; the cyclists are most fearfully excited.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May

But when the sleigh reached midstream, below the great fall, the horse had perforce to slacken pace by reason of the water which had overflowed the ice and wetted the snow.

From Maria Chapdelaine by Blake, W. H.

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