But the one thing he couldn't possibly do was to reduce speed.
Tom tried to make up for lost time, but came to a hill a little later, and this reduced their speed.
This technique can be used to reduce speed or come to a full stop.
We had reduced speed and turned off the balanced drive.
Back on deck he reduced speed for the second time.
After about twenty miles, we were forced to reduce our speed.
In 1968, the rules of sports car racing were changed to reduce speed.
The driver reduced his speed slightly and looked behind him.
As the ship approached, it did not reduce its speed.
Sam reduced speed to a point not far above the 5 knots allowed.