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• slow-up
  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

Example Sentences

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slow-up slow up

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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 Moffett, Cleveland

The field will look to hunt down Ewing over the weekend, but it will need her to slow up.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 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

While consumers still face an historic squeeze from the cost of living, the Bank of England may feel able to slow up on rises in interest rates, especially given expectations a recession has already started.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2022

Money began to slow up, so the whole spoiled thing went away.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2020

A horse was clomping slow up the road and whoever was riding it was singing.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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