slow on the uptake in English

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        "Of a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually."
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        "(colloquial, idiomatic) Of a person, slow to comprehend or process intellectually."
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "mít dlouhé vedení"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "traag van begrip"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "hidasälyinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "long à la détente"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "schwer von Kapee"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "begriffsstutzig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "auf der Leitung stehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slow to comprehend",
          "word": "mieć spóźniony zapłon"
        }
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "slow on the uptake"
}

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          "word": "quick on the uptake"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "mít dlouhé vedení"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "traag van begrip"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "hidasälyinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "long à la détente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "schwer von Kapee"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "begriffsstutzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "auf der Leitung stehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slow to comprehend",
      "word": "mieć spóźniony zapłon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slow on the uptake"
}

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"slow on the uptake" meaning in English

Adjective