English Explanatory Dictionary

go-slow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
  2. Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute.
  3. Any ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam.

Word forms

go-slow go-slows

Etymology

Deverbal from go slow.

Synonyms

slowdown

Related words

on a go-slow work-to-rule
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