Check
Slow
Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.
Usage example: if you don't slow your delivery down a bit, your speech will be over too soon
Check is a synonym for slow in delay topic. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a verb "Slow", if it concerns topics such as activity, action, stop, absorb.
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Both words in one sentence
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When he was so sick and malnourished he could barely move and was close to death, she returned just to check if he had died yet, kicked him across the room when he begged for help and left once again, intending to leave him to die a slow and painful death.
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Angela: In the Martin family, we like to say, "Looks like someone took the slow train from Philly." That's code for "check out the slut."
Source: Place Worse Than Death - When Batman fights his tank, he needs to destroy the four coolant reserves located outside the tank, while Knight uses a slow 360 degree check to look around.
Source: Tactical Suicide Boss
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Slow and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/slow
Check & Slow. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/slow>.
Slow or Check. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/slow.
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