slow up

VERB
  1. lose velocity; move more slowly
    The car decelerated
  2. cause to proceed more slowly
    The illness slowed him down
  3. become slow or slower
    Production slowed
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How To Use slow up In A Sentence

  • They said that a gripman could stop his car or slow up on a short cable, but that with the long cable, such as the company is now using, it is impossible for the gripman to have any control of his car while rounding the curve. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 16, February 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
  • The accident happened last September when an ambulance taking a patient to hospital met slow uphill traffic on the road to Scarborough near East Ayton.
  • A lack of resources and staff with specialist IT knowledge played a part in the slow uptake of technology.
  • This is evident by the slow uptake in the scheme, with only 2,000 approvals issued for grant aid since the scheme was first introduced in February 2001.
  • But agile and unburdened, they resent those of us who slow up the pace a little in the frantic chaos of Saturday morning grocery acquisition.
  • If the turnover rate is too low at slow growth firms (below 4\%) it can "stifle" internal movement, frustrate your employees (which may lead to future turnover) and slow up individual talent development. ERE.net
  • This is what had altered the current: They had reached the Ascent, the slow uplift that marked the end of the Istrian Plain. Spirit Gate
  • Adam Clayman, who caddied off and on at Pebble Beach for three years, said his favorite clients were those who confessed beforehand that they were lousy, four-times-a-year golfers and simply didn't want to embarrass themselves or slow up play. Playing the Big One: A Survival Guide
  • The following day, July 31, a rested, healthier crew experienced slow upstream travel through difficult shoals and rapids.
  • But the corner ends in a free kick for Houston.62 mins: That was good defending by Boswell, who stayed on his feet to slow up Keane.63 mins: There's still plenty of chatter about that offside decision: James Tyler tweets: @Busfield Thinking Keane was called offside incorrectly bc the linesman couldn't tell when the ball was played. LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - as it happened! | MLS Cup final 2011
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