slow but sure

Idioms  

1. Gradual or plodding but certain to finish, as in Slow but sure this book's getting written. This idiom was first recorded in 1562, although the idea is much older. A related phrase appears in the proverb slow and steady wins the race, which is the moral of Aesop's fable about the race between a tortoise and a hare, which stopped to nap during the race and therefore lost.

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Example Sentences

Mr. Benton’s processing facility, just under an hour’s drive south of Knoxville, has been cobbled together over decades to accommodate the slow but sure increase in demand.

From New York Times

“Come on, girl. Let’s walk on these slow but sure feet and git ourselves to home.”

From Literature

Essentially made out of fermented soybeans and sometimes also chickpeas, tempeh in India is experiencing a slow but sure boom.

From Salon

The new optimism is being fueled by two related developments: sustained drops in coronavirus cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations, and the slow but sure increase in vaccinations.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday, six Republican congressmen led by David Royce of Ohio and Mario Diaz Balart of Miami wrote a letter to Bukele expressing concern about what they called El Salvador’s “slow but sure departure from the rule of law and norms of democracy that our hemisphere has fought so hard to preserve.”

From Washington Times