slow going

idiom

: a situation in which progress is slow
It's been slow going so far, but the project should speed up soon.

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Despite those majorities, progress on delivering legislation to fund the president's key campaign promises has been slow going. Elena Moore, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025 Some residents who have asked Caltrans to clear encampments have also found the process to be, at best, slow going. Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025 While free agency was slow going, Bader is pleased with the result. Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025 But recruiting police officers was slow going and, by the summer of 2009, local officials and the American officer — a lieutenant colonel from the Georgia National Guard — landed on a risky approach: hiring private militias. Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for slow going

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“Slow going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slow%20going. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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