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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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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

He waited, expecting it to slacken pace or to swerve from him into a different course.

From The Wind in the Willows by Bransom, Paul

One after another, we may watch them climb the Evolutionary Hill, then slacken pace and struggle on spasmodically.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

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

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)

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