a deliberate slowing of pace by workers to win demands from their employers.
3.
Sports. a holding or passing tactic by a team to retain possession of the ball, puck, etc., or use up a maximal amount of time, as to safeguard a lead or thwart a high-scoring opponent.
Origin
1895-1900; noun use of verb phrase slow down
Synonyms
1. slackening, falloff, decline, flagging.
Examples from the web for slowdown
The severity of the economic slowdown was not yet fully yet anticipated.
Even if a taxi never encounters a slowdown, clues from the trip can indicate an underlying problem with urban planning.
For many years economists attributed this reduced growth to a difficult-to-explain slowdown in business productivity.
The decline partly reflects the typical fall slowdown after the peak buying season.
The signs of slowdown actually show that the authorities have been effective in achieving their goals.
However, the budget balance is set to deteriorate, while growth could halve because of the impact of the global economic slowdown.
There have been further signs of economic slowdown this week.
But this time a sudden slowdown would not be easy to hide.
But beyond the business cycle, another slowdown has received scant attention.
The president begins her second term facing an economic slowdown.