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slow_down

slow down

See also: slowdown

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slow down (third-person singular simple present slows down, present participle slowing down, simple past and past participle slowed down)

  1. (idiomatic) Decelerate.
    • 2013 June 1, Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
      A “moving platform” scheme [] is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. [] This set-up solves several problems []. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and time, so why not simply slow them down enough for a moving platform to pull alongside?
    When approaching a bend in the road, slow down, and speed up after leaving it.

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