slow down

Speech parts

1. slow down - Noun

2. slow down - Verb

Meaning

reduce the speed of

lose velocity; move more slowly

become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

become slow or slower

cause to proceed more slowly

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

slow-down

Synonyms

decelerate slow up slack retard slow relax unwind slacken unbend decompress loosen up dally whoa chill out rest
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Antonyms

accelerate speed up ram hie pitchfork quicken
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Hypernyms

change turn fall retard slow decrease

Hyponyms

bog retard slow delay moderate detain

Examples

It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive. Elon Musk

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. Eddie Cantor

Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person. Nicholas Sparks

The strength of representative democracy is its ability to slow down those in power who wish to govern by blank cheque, but also those not in power who wish to yank the state about on the sole basis of their self-interest. John Ralston Saul

I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead. Cesar Romero

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

slow death slow death by the torture slow double slow down and stop slow down productivity slow down work