go-slow
[
goh
-sloh]
/ˈgoʊˌsloʊ/
noun
,
Chiefly British
1.
a work slowdown, as in sympathy with strikers or as a protest.
Origin
1925-30
British Dictionary definitions for
go-slow
go-slow
noun
1.
(
Brit
)
a deliberate slackening of the rate of production by organized labour as a tactic in industrial conflict
(
as modifier
):
go-slow tactics
US and Canadian equivalent
slowdown
verb
2.
(
intransitive
) to work deliberately slowly as a tactic in industrial conflict