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slow down

phrasal verb with slow
 
/sləʊ/
 
US  /sloʊ/ verb [I or T]

Definition

B2 to be less active and relax more: The doctor has told him to slow down or he'll have a heart attack.Calming and relaxing
(Definition of slow down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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