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making haste slowly

making haste slowly is the present participle and gerund of make haste slowly.

Meaning of make haste slowly

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.

Questions about making haste slowly

What is making haste slowly the present participle and gerund of?
Making haste slowly is the present participle and gerund of make haste slowly.

Words near making haste slowly in the dictionary

  1. making good time
  2. making ground
  3. making happen
  4. making hard work of
  5. making haste
  6. making haste slowly
  7. making hay
  8. making hay while the sun shines
  9. making head against
  10. making head or tail of
  11. making headway

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