Slow down
slow down & slows down slowing down slowed down slowed down 1. slow... down p.v. When something causes people or things to do something more slowly, it slows them down. I was driving pretty fast, but I slowed down after I saw the police car. Production at the factory slowed down when half the workers got sick. slowdown n. When people or things do something more slowly, a slowdown occurs. The snow caused a big slowdown on the highway this morning.
1. stop over p.v. When you interrupt a journey (usually an airplane journey) for a short stay somewhere, you stop over. David stopped over in London on his flight from New York to Moscow. Stopping over in Dubai on the way to Bangkok wasn't any fun — we couldn't even leave the airport. stopover n. When you interrupt a journey for a short stay somewhere, usually an airplane journey, you make a stopover. / flew from Istanbul to Philadelphia with a four-day stopover in Amsterdam. 2. stop over p.v. When you visit someone for a short time, you stop over. Would you like to stop over after dinner and see our vacation pictures? Can you vacuum the living room, please? The Youngs are stopping over tonight, and I want the place to look nice.
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