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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(idiomatic, transitive, especially politics) To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process..
many of the men were simply standing around and were purposely ‘slow-walking’ the project […] to stretch out the term of employment.
Since assuming office, Trump has issued many private demands to aides that have either been slow-walked or altogether ignored.
Mr. Pulte argued that Mr. Siebert was slow-walking the James case in order to get confirmed by the Senate for a job in a state with two Democratic senators, according to people briefed on the conversation.
Use slow-walk when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slow-walk means (idiomatic, transitive, especially politics) To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process..
Common synonyms include drag one's feet, slow roll.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
many of the men were simply standing around and were purposely ‘slow-walking’ the project […] to stretch out the term of employment.
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