"go-slow" meaning in English

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        "A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion."
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          "text": "Nigerian masses are likely to be reticent about another two weeks of putting their lives on another go-slow.\nThe first go-slow became evident during the first full lockdown when characteristically , govt authorities that promised the masses food, money and welfare after appropriating huge sums of money under the auspices of a powerful presidential task force, PTF, failed to deliver. […] And as if history was repeating itself, the long suffering masses compelled to stay home are bearing the brunt of the go-slow which is a subterfuge for corruption.",
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