Meaning

(UK, Ireland) A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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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• go-slows

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