jog trot

noun

a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.

an uneventful, humdrum way of living, doing something, etc.: a sleepy little town where life proceeded at a jog trot.

Origin of jog trot

First recorded in 1700–10

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Examples from the Web for jog trot

Historical Examples of jog trot

The line-rider swung to the saddle and put his pony at a jog-trot.
Oh, You Tex!
William Macleod Raine
It delayed the whole gang, for they could not go on faster than a jog-trot.
Riders of the Silences
John Frederick
It was impossible to get them to move faster than a jog-trot.
The Lost Despatch
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Man, so to speak, was born old and accommodated to a jog-trot.
Progress and History
Various
Maze and spiral; follow-my-leader, done at a jog-trot in the open air.
How Girls Can Help Their Country
Juliette Low

British Dictionary definitions for jog trot

jog trot

noun

an easy bouncy gait, esp of a horse, midway between a walk and a trot

a monotonous or regular way of living or doing something

verb jog-trot -trots, -trotting or -trotted

(intr) to move at a jog trot

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