slow-going. adjective. Proceeding at a rate less than usual or desired: dilatory, laggard, slow, slow-footed, slow-paced, tardy. Informal: poky. Idiom: slow as molasses in January. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 …

slow going A state of particularly slow or arduous progress. It was slow going for most of the climb due to the poor weather, but we still managed to reach the summit before midday. Getting all of these data entered into the system will be slow going, but once it's done it will make the rest of the project much easier to manage.

adjective. Lasting or taking a long time. ‘our slow-going recovery’. More example sentences. ‘counting of ballots was a slow-going process’. ‘Most of the major routes are slow-going, according to police.’. ‘By the end of the slow-going 144 minutes, we share his discomfort.’. ‘The sole fault is that several of the participants speak with a very dry tone, making for a slow-going …

slow-going; slow-moving; slow-paced; sluggish; snaillike; stagnant; supine; tardy; torpid; tortoiselike

go ˈslow (on something) show less enthusiasm for achieving something: The government is going slow on tax reforms. See also: go, slow. Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017. See also: slow going. surely. slow but sure. slow on the uptake.

Definition of BE SLOW GOING (phrase): make only very slow and difficult progress

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/ ˈɡəʊ.sləʊ / (US slowdown) an occasion when employees work more slowly and with less effort than usual in order to try to persuade an employer to agree to higher pay or better working …

Jun 12, 2014 · slow 1) Someone who doesn't understand what's going on. 2) A person who is not particularly quick in their mental processes. See also retard, stupid 1)Yo, Brian is slow he didn't …