Slowing up
Slow down
Slow down verb - Lose velocity; move more slowly.
Slowing up and slow down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slowing up" instead a verb "Slow down".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wane and slowing up
- wane and slow down
- confine and slowing up
- confine and slow down
- stall and slowing up
- stall and slow down
- handicap and slowing up
- handicap and slow down
- hold back and slowing up
- hold back and slow down
- impede and slowing up
- impede and slow down
- halt and slowing up
- halt and slow down
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Slow down and Slowing up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slowing_up/slow_down
Slowing up & Slow down. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/slowing_up/slow_down>.
Slow down or Slowing up. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slowing_up/slow_down.
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