go-slow
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go-slow
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Deverbal from go slow.
noun go-slows
- A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
- Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute. Indiscipline results in chaos, confusion and diffusion or results. It give rise to strikes, ‘go-slows’, absenteeism, leading to loss of production, profits and wages. […] The features of code of discipline: (i) It prohibits strikes and lock outs without proper notice and also prohibits intimidation,
- Any ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam. Nigerian masses are likely to be reticent about another two weeks of putting their lives on another go-slow. The first go-slow became evident during the first full lockdown when characteristically , govt authorities that promised the masses food, money and welfare after appropriating huge sums of mo
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Talk about this word "go-slow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/go-slow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. go-slow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/go-slow "go-slow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/go-slow.Cite this
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title = {go-slow},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go-slow},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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