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  slow-up

  noun

  a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.
• slow up
  slow up

  Slacken or cause to slacken in speed, as in The train slowed up as it approached the curve, or Come on, you're slowing me up. [Late 1800s] Also see slow down, def. 1.

slow-up

American  

[sloh-uhp] / ˈsloʊˌʌp /

noun

1. a delay or retardation in progress or activity; slowdown.

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slow up Idioms  

1. Slacken or cause to slacken in speed, as in The train slowed up as it approached the curve, or Come on, you're slowing me up. [Late 1800s] Also see slow down, def. 1.

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Etymology

Origin of slow-up

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase slow up

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Example Sentences

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But there were no signs of a slow-up in buying by well-heeled consumers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real dangers seemed to lie in a long-term slow-up of the natural gas industry, rather than immediate difficulties.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like other manufacturers, Chrysler will go into M-4 production without slow-up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet many of the key statistics that economists have used for years to measure the economy's health indicate that it is on the edge of a slow-up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps he planned a gradual slow-up to block the flying section gently; perhaps he did not realize how fast the runaway was coming.

From Careers of Danger and Daring by Cleveland Moffett

Bichette hit a two-out single to right field off Orioles right-hander Kyle Gibson and made the turn for second, but started to slow up as he saw Anthony Santander throwing the ball to the infield.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023

Bond yields slumped on Wednesday to multi-month lows, but rather than moving higher on expectations the Fed will slow up on its policy tightening, this time Wall Street slumped into the red.

From Reuters ● Jan. 18, 2023

Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar started with a maiden and then a wicket-maiden as, with a used pitch at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting to slow up, the Netherlands chase faltered from the off.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2022

Jackson appeared to slow up just before the finish line during the heat, which allowed Italy’s Dalia Kaddari to pass her in the final moment.

From Fox News ● Aug. 2, 2021

“Glad the rain is gone. Don’t want anything to slow up Reynolds.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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