Slow
Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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Almost NOTHING can even slow it down, and anything that DOES seemingly work on it invariably ends up making it angry, and consequently stronger.
Source: Bears Are Bad News - Eventually, Sony began allowing slow spells to work on many bosses, but with limited effect.
Source: Contractual Boss Immunity -
The Light in the Piazza has an indirect one- there's a song in which Margaret describes her daughter's slow motion fall, but we don't actually see it, which wouldn't work on stage anyway and is much more effective.
Source: Slow-Motion Fall
Cite this Source
Work on and Slow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slow/work_on
Slow & Work on. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slow/work_on>.
Work on or Slow. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slow/work_on.
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