GO-SLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go-slow mean? 

• GO-SLOW (noun)
  The noun GO-SLOW has 1 sense:

1. a form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers

  Familiarity information: GO-SLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GO-SLOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of protest by workers in which they deliberately slow down in order to cause problem from their employers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("go-slow" is a kind of...):

job action (a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)