Meaning of Go-slow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
   Ireland, UK
2. Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute.
   Ireland, Nigeria, UK
3. Any ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam.
   Nigeria, informal

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Examples

“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, victimization, go-slow tactics, violence, coercion or instigation by both parties.”

“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 money under the auspices of a powerful presidential task force⟳, PTF, failed to deliver⟳. […] And as if history was repeating itself, the long suffering masses compelled to stay⟳ home are bearing the brunt of the go-slow which is a subterfuge for corruption.”

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