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go-slow

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgəʊsləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(gōslō′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
go-slow  (gōslō′),USA pronunciation n. [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. Businessa work slowdown, as in sympathy with strikers or as a protest.
  • 1925–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
go-slow n
  1. Brit
  2. a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict
  3. US and Canadian equivalent: slowdown
vb
  1. (intransitive) to work deliberately slowly as a tactic in industrial conflict
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