Rest
Slow down
Slow down verb - Lose velocity; move more slowly.
Both terms in one sentence
- In The Hour of the Dragon his friend Zenobia steals a huge, powerful horse to get him out of Belverus where he's been held captive, and even though he "pushes it unmercifully" he eventually lets it slow down and rest several times.
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Keith Richards allegedly begged him to slow down as he couldn't keep up and it was making the rest of them look slow.
Source: Lovable Sex Maniac -
In a later episode, Flash pushes his powers to the limit to take down a particularly tough foe (who's just wiped the floor with the rest of the League)... and then discovers he can't slow down.
Source: Power Incontinence
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