go-slow

[goh-sloh]

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noun Chiefly British.

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

Origin of go-slow

First recorded in 1925–30

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Historical Examples

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

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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Examples from the Web for go-slow

Historical Examples

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

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

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Origin of go-slow