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go-slow

[ goh-sloh ]
/ ˈgoʊˌsloʊ /
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noun Chiefly British.

a work slowdown, as in sympathy with strikers or as a protest.

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Nearby words

go-juice, go-kart, go-moku, go-ped, go-round, go-slow, go-to, go-to-meeting, go-train, go/no-go, goa

Origin of go-slow

First recorded in 1925–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for go-slow

  • I suppose you delivered the driver his go-slow order with a large-sized wink and he savvied what you meant.

    Air Men o' War|Boyd Cable

  • The “go-slow” policy was, however, introduced during the later stages of the war, and caused considerable inconvenience.

    The City of Auckland|John Barr

British Dictionary definitions for go-slow

go-slow

noun

British
  1. a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict
  2. (as modifier)go-slow tactics
US and Canadian equivalent: slowdown

verb go slow

(intr) to work deliberately slowly as a tactic in industrial conflict
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