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View definitions for slows up

slows up

verb as in set back

verb as in bog down

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Example Sentences

The air-brakes wheeze, the train slows up; the conductor cries “All out for Farm—” He does not finish the call of the station.

She alluz slows up at de sidin'—cause dere's a junction, an' so I jumps 'er, at de hind platform.

At first the rate of growth is slow; but the rate increases and goes through a maximum and then slows up again and finally ceases.

Increased salinity slows up the deep-sea circulation, as we shall see in a later chapter.

Then the little figure "slows up" again, opens the little purse, and stops short!

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On this page you'll find 315 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slow up, such as: halt, hang-up, impede, stall, decelerate, and delay.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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