slow up
Frequency: 5.03.5 per million words
A phrasal verb, less common than 'slow down', meaning to reduce speed.
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Examples (10)
- The car began to slow up as it approached the traffic lights.
- He had to slow up to match her walking pace.
- We noticed the train slow up before entering the station.
- The economic recovery might slow up in the next quarter.
- Don't slow up too much; we need to reach our destination on time.
- The runner started to slow up in the final stages of the marathon.
- The police car had to slow up due to the roadworks.
- As the hill steepened, the cyclist had to slow up.
- The initial excitement began to slow up after a few weeks.
- Please slow up when you drive through residential areas.