What does ’slow down’ really mean?
I know what it means:
- Slow down
- To decrease the speed of one’s current action.
That’s all well and good, but when you really think about it, what does it mean. Taken out of context, it’s complete gibberish. “Slow Down”, OK, so the slow bit I can work out, but the down? What’s that all about, what’s going down? My speed? Wouldn’t speed decrease? You wouldn’t hear Murray Walker screaming “As Hakkinen goes into the corner, he downs his speed, after he’s reached the apex he ups it again” would you? You might, but then you’d think he was taking the piss, wouldn’t you?
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