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Meanings of
slow down
in English
Portuguese
pegar leve
Catalan
relaxar
Spanish
relajar
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Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease.
relax
unwind
unbend
decompress
loosen up
tense
Portuguese
pegar leve
Portuguese
reduzir
Catalan
moderar
Spanish
demorar
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Lose velocity; move more slowly.
slow
slack
slacken
retard
decelerate
slow up
accelerate
Portuguese
reduzir
Synonyms
Examples for "
relax
"
relax
unwind
unbend
decompress
loosen up
Examples for "
relax
"
1
To be able to come back home,
relax
,
it was really nice.
2
Poland may
relax
its fiscal discipline to win election votes next year.
3
If that proved to be the case, she'd be able to
relax
.
4
And
relax
your rule about not hiring members of the same family.
5
It was a good opportunity to encourage them to
relax
about him.
1
Today marks day three of the
unwind
out of growth, Kulina said.
2
Vegetable gardening is a great way to
unwind
after a hard day.
3
It's a very special place to
unwind
after the year we've had.
4
The first time it happened, he wanted to
unwind
his watch immediately.
5
However much my body might crave rest, my mind refused to
unwind
.
1
She could relax and
unbend
again; she was safe from his cyclones.
2
Even with the Welsh Preacher and his wife he refused to
unbend
.
3
In affable moments, he could even manage to forget his
career
-
and
unbend
.
4
He could not
unbend
his dignity even under the most trivial conditions.
5
Never did he
unbend
,
never did he lift the mask he wore.
1
Devlin is sent back to his hotel by his team to
'
decompress
'
.
2
Um, yes-itwas good to get a chance to just
decompress
.
3
He's still worked up, probably needs a few minutes to
decompress
.
4
He would need a month just to sort through everything himself and
decompress
.
5
Your guests may be weary from travel and need to
decompress
.
1
We'll
loosen
up
the mortar round the bars in the south room.
2
The hot water had helped her
loosen
up
and overcome her doubts.
3
He began to
loosen
up
;
the barriers weren't so solid after all.
4
The more public buildings
loosen
up
a bit, though not too much.
5
Then with my cultivator I
loosen
up
the bottom of the furrow.
Usage of
slow down
in English
1
There are signs, however, that the antispam market may
slow
down
soon.
2
However, traders expect the pace of exports to
slow
down
in July.
3
However, the outlook appears bleak with China expected to
slow
down
further.
4
Will the needs of the economic world
slow
down
climate change efforts?
5
Opinion - We in the sports media need to
slow
down
sometimes.
6
Lack of electricity is widespread and regular power outages
slow
down
business.
7
All three managements however are not seeing a
slow
down
,
he said.
8
Mitochondria, responsible for converting glucose to energy,
slow
down
as we age.
9
Tells about recent efforts to
slow
down
development and preserve open spaces.
10
Police have told motorists to
slow
down
on the recently opened flyover.
11
The presidential election in November is likely to
slow
down
progress further.
12
I could ask him to
slow
down
,
but he wouldn't pay attention.
13
I don't think that this is going to
slow
down
,
he said.
14
Forty miles in forty minutes, with one
slow
down
was our time.
15
And when it comes to war, it is important to
slow
down
.
16
The three travelers left by the
slow
down
-train
on the Monday morning.
Other examples for "slow down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
slow
down
slow
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
slow down
Portuguese
pegar leve
relaxar
descontrair
reduzir
retardar
desacelerar
Catalan
relaxar
moderar
alentir
desaccelerar
retardar
ronsejar
demorar
sornejar
remolejar
Spanish
relajar
demorar
Slow down
through the time
Slow down
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
Common
Australia
Common
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