# slow up

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/slow-up
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To slow; to slow down; to decelerate.

## Examples

- Please slow up so I can keep up with you.
- The traffic began to slow up as we approached the construction zone on the highway.
- The sudden downpour forced the runners to slow up, turning their steady pace into a cautious, heavy-footed trudge through the mud.

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