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jog trot

noun

  1. a slow, regular, jolting pace, as of a horse.
  2. an uneventful, humdrum way of living, doing something, etc.:

    a sleepy little town where life proceeded at a jog trot.



jog trot

noun

  1. an easy bouncy gait, esp of a horse, midway between a walk and a trot
  2. a monotonous or regular way of living or doing something
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to move at a jog trot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jog trot1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Thus fortified with wisdom, he calmly looks the evil in the face, and lets it not disturb his little jog-trot existence.

Jack Harvey, waiting a moment longer to rest, started off on an easy jog-trot back to camp.

It delayed the whole gang, for they could not go on faster than a jog-trot.

Nothing will make them move faster—like whipping a carthorse into a gallop; it soon dies away in the old jog-trot.

"No, I'm going forward," answered Tad, putting spur to his pony and starting at a jog trot.

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