Slow-walk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Slow-walk is a verb meaning (transitive) To punish, to chastise.
Meaning
(transitive) To punish, to chastise.
More Meanings
- (idiomatic, transitive, especially politics) To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.
Example Sentences
Since assuming office, Trump has issued many private demands to aides that have either been slow-walked or altogether ignored.
many of the men were simply standing around and were purposely ‘slow-walking’ the project […] to stretch out the term of employment.
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.
Word Forms
- slow-walks
- slow-walking
- slow-walked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slow-march, slowball, slog, drag, slug, stall.
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