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make haste slowly

make haste slowly verb: to do things in a deliberate manner to reduce mistakes.

Verb

make haste slowly (third-person singular simple present makes haste slowly, present participle making haste slowly, simple past and past participle made haste slowly)

  1. (idiomatic) To do things in a deliberate manner to reduce mistakes.

Forms of make haste slowly

third-person singular presentmakes haste slowly
present participlemaking haste slowly
past participlemade haste slowly
pastmade haste slowly

Questions about make haste slowly

What does make haste slowly mean?
Make haste slowly means to do things in a deliberate manner to reduce mistakes.
What part of speech is make haste slowly?
Make haste slowly is a verb.
What is the past tense of make haste slowly?
The past tense of make haste slowly is made haste slowly.

Words near make haste slowly in the dictionary

  1. make good time
  2. make ground
  3. make happen
  4. make hard work of
  5. make haste
  6. make haste slowly
  7. make hay
  8. make hay while the sun shines
  9. make head against
  10. make head nor tail of
  11. make head or tail of

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