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View definitions for slow down

slow down

verb as in bog down

verb as in brake

verb as in cumber

verb as in hold up

verb as in rein

verb as in relax

verb as in set back

verb as in unwind

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And to people who are like, ‘‘Oh, vaccines don't stop transmission’’: No, but they slow down transmission.

From Salon

And the game allowed the Clippers to once again show how mighty they are on defense, which they did in slowing down the high-scoring Kings during a 104-88 win Friday night at Intuit Dome.

Previously, they were forcing procedural votes in order to slow down the confirmation process.

From Salon

Someone asks a question and then it takes a couple of breaths and then they just move on, because we can't slow down to hear them.

From Salon

"Lately it's started to slow down, because at the beginning we were receiving 10 or 15 new cases a day, but now we're only receiving two or three cases a day," he said.

From BBC

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

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