slow down

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Verb	1.	slow down - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" decelerate, slow, slow up, retard decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" slow up, slow, slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" delay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform"
	2.	slow down - become slow or slower; "Production slowed" slacken, slow up, slow, slack weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
	3.	slow down - cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" slow up, slow bog, bog down - cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house" decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" constipate, clog - impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
	4.	slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" decelerate alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" moderate - make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed" retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate" fishtail - slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"
	5.	slow down - become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" relax, decompress, unwind, loosen up, unbend vege out, vegetate - engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television" sit back, take it easy - settle into a comfortable sitting position change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"