slow on the uptake

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slow on the uptake

not able to understand something quickly I tried to explain how the new software works to my manager, but he's a little slow on the uptake.

Usage notes: also used in the form quick on the uptake (able to understand something quickly): He was quick on the uptake and able to realize right away what was wrong.

See also: slow, uptake

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Sometimes he may appear confused or slow on the uptake, but he's just pretending. And here's Page 2 of that Strictly memo by The Mirror (London, England) Kelly was certainly not slow on the uptake and had his mount out in a flash from stall three and the 9-1 chance kept on well to score by three-quarters of a length from Green Beret. River Kirov puts Hills on course for double strike by The Racing Post (London, England) Johnson said he was looking forward to the Twenty20 World Cup, but captain Ricky Ponting conceded Australia had been slow on the uptake with the abbreviated format. Johnson eyes batting in top six by Asian News International			slop over slope slope away from slope down slope toward slope up slosh slosh around slosh on slosh over slosh through slouch slouch around slouch behind slouch down slouch over slough off slow slow and steady wins the race slow as molasses in January slow but sure slow down slow going slow off the mark slow on the draw slow on the uptake slow study slow up slower slower and slower slowly sluff slug it out sluice sluice down sluice out slump slump down slump down in slump over slur over slush up sly sly as a fox smack smack down smack in the face smack in the middle smack lips smack of smack the road			slow march Slow market Slow Markets slow match slow match slow memory slow motion slow motion slow motion Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory Slow Moving Consumer Goods Slow Moving or Obsolete Stock/Inventory Slow Moving Person/People Slow Moving Software Slow Moving Vehicle slow muscles slow muscles slow muscles slow muscles slow neutron slow neutron Slow Neutron Capture Gamma Slow neutron spectroscopy slow neutrons slow neutrons Slow Non-Isothermal Flows slow nova slow off the mark Slow on the Bottle, Enjoy the Road :-) slow on the draw slow on the uptake Slow Optical Buffer Slow Oxidative slow pace Slow Pain slow pathway Slow Person in Front of Me Slow Phase Eye Velocity Slow pitch Slow pitch Slow Pitch Softball League Slow Play Slow Positron Implantation Spectroscopy Slow pulse Slow pulse Slow pulse Slow pulse slow ray Slow Rayleigh Fading Channel Slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis slow reactor slow reactors Slow Recovery from Open Channel Block Slow Release slow release bolus slow release bolus slow release bolus slow release bolus Slow Release Fluoride Device slow response action potential slow response action potential

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