slow down
— phrasal verb with slow uk/sləʊ/us/sloʊ/verb [ I or T ]
B2 to be less active and relax more:
The doctor has told him to slow down or he'll have a heart attack.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- simmer down
- soften
- steady
- take things easy idiom
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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