slough off
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~ discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"
slow down
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~ lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
slow down
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~ become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slow down
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~ 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"
slow
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~ lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
slow
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~ cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
slow down
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~ cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down"
slow
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~ become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slow down
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~ reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car"
slue
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~ turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
slue
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~ move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
slug
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~ be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
slug
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~ strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"
sluice down
— Verb
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~ pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice
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~ transport in or send down a sluice; "sluice logs"
sluice
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~ pour as if from a sluice; "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice
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~ draw through a sluice; "sluice water"
sluice
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~ irrigate with water from a sluice; "sluice the earth"
slum
— Verb
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~ spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"