go-slow

American  

[goh-sloh] / ˈgoʊˌsloʊ /

noun

Chiefly British.

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

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go-slow British  

noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: slowdown. 

   1. a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict

   2. ( as modifier )

      go-slow tactics

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verb

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

Etymology

Origin of go-slow

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

go-slow

The longer the BOJ persists in its go-slow approach, the more dangerous the currency market becomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

“The risks are really two-sided here,” he said on Wednesday, though he saw the go-slow risk as doing “unnecessary harm to employment.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

More than 100 tractors and pickup trucks disrupted traffic with a go-slow protest on one of the main routes in west Wales.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2024

In a related development, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday established a go-slow zone for ships off Atlantic City to protect the critically endangered North American right whale.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

The next week we initiated our first go-slow strike on the island: we would work at less than half the speed we had before to protest the excessive and unfair demands.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela