slows down
Eases off throttle
To slow down is to reduce speed or pace.
Traffic slows down in construction zones.
People slow down as they age, moving and working less vigorously.
The phrase often carries advice to be less hurried: You need to slow down and enjoy life.
A slowdown is a reduction in activity or productivity.
- coastsEdges of continents
- deceleratesReduces velocity gradually
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- retardSlow or hinder
- lessenReduce in degree
delays · halts · grinds to a halt · ease · sluggishness · runs out of gas · stagnates · impede · torpor · stalls · languor · bottlenecks · pauses · relaxes · fades · ebbs · plateaus · takes it easy
- settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family
velocity change
slows downspeeds up
Increases velocity or pace
accelerates · picks up speed · quickens · revs up · takes off
down, slow, slowly, slowness, downward, slowing, slowed, downgrade, slower