Idiom
slow on the uptake
Meaning
Of a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is a bit slow on the uptake with new technology.”
“I explained the rules three times, but he was still slow on the uptake and kept making mistakes.”
“Although he possessed a sharp memory for historical dates, he was notoriously slow on the uptake when it came to understanding subtle social cues.”
Examples
simple
“He is a bit slow on the uptake with new technology.”
contextual
“I explained the rules three times, but he was still slow on the uptake and kept making mistakes.”
complex
“Although he possessed a sharp memory for historical dates, he was notoriously slow on the uptake when it came to understanding subtle social cues.”
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