slow train

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Noun

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slow train (plural slow trains)

  1. (rail transport) Synonym of local train
  2. (figurative) The act of doing something (possibly, but not necessarily traveling) slowly.
    • 2009 December 16, Ron Kampeas, “Obama and Kerry slowing sanctions legislation push”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency[1], retrieved 2022-02-20:
      Unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran are on track, Senate officials say, but taking the slow train.