slow burnnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌsləʊ ˈbɜːn/us/ˌsloʊ ˈbɝːn/slow burn noun [ C usually singular ] (ACTIVITY)
UK a period of not much activity:
Many workers have benefited from the new programme, which allows careers to be put on a slow burn for months or years and then reactivated.
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Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- mill
- sluggish
- snail
- steadily
- steady
- straggle
- struggle
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slow burn noun [ C usually singular ] (ANGER)
US a slow, controlled show of anger:
When angered, Ellen was given to spontaneous outbursts, while her partner Terry would do a slow burn.
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Anger and displeasure
- acrimonious
- anger
- animus
- annoyance
- bad feeling
- flap
- fuss
- get the hump idiom
- gorge
- grit
- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge
- hard feelings idiom
- irritation
- rancour
- resent
- resentful
- sour grapes idiom
- spite
- tantrum
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