slow (sb/sth) down/up betydelse and definition

Betydelse av slow (sb/sth) down/up på svenska

• 0 to become slower, or to make someone or something become slower:

  • Slow down, you two, you're walking too fast!

  • If I run with Christina she tends to slow me down.

  • We slowed up when we saw the police.

• 1 to become slower or less active, or to make something slower or less active:

  • Growth in the business slowed down rather than increasing as expected.

  • slow down the pace/rate of sth US employers slowed down the pace of hiring last month.

  • "We see no signs of the demand slowing up," he said.