slow but sure

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.

Example Sentences

Instead, there are about two dozen stalwarts who’ve camped out with American flag-draped cars and trucks since July 6 to demonstrate against what they say is America’s slow but sure abandonment of the Constitution and to call for a peaceful return “to a constitutional Republic through the restoration of a moral society.”

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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.

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

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

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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.

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