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Related topics: Labour relations, unions
ˌgo-ˈslow noun [countableC]British EnglishBrE
BELSTOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEa protest against an employer in which the workers work as slowly as possible 怠工SYN American English slowdown → work-to-rule, strike
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go-slow• In the summer of 1953 the union carried out strikes and go-slows in support of a wage claim, but were locked out.• The hospital seemed to be treating as many patients as possible before the go-slow came into effect.