slow but sure

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slow but sure

Slow or incremental but yielding steady, dependable progress. It's going to be slow but sure writing my thesis, as I have to balance my part-time job with my research. A: "Hey, how's the new novel coming along?" B: "It's been slow but sure."
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slow but sure

 and slowly but surely
slow but unstoppable. Bob's progress on his novel was slow but sure. Nancy is finishing the paint job on her house, slowly but surely.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

slow but sure

Gradual or plodding but certain to finish, as in Slow but sure this book's getting written. This idiom was first recorded in 1562, although the idea is much older. A related phrase appears in the proverb slow and steady wins the race, which is the moral of Aesop's fable about the race between a tortoise and a hare, which stopped to nap during the race and therefore lost.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

slow but (or and) sure

not quick but achieving the required result eventually. proverb
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

slow but sure

Plodding but reliable. This proverbial term dates from the early seventeenth century, and the idea is as old as Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare. “This snail’s slow but sure,” wrote John Marston in his 1606 play The Fawn (3:1).
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • surely
  • slow going
  • go slow
  • take (something) slow
  • take it slow
  • slow off the mark
  • molasses
  • (as) slow as molasses
  • (as) slow as molasses in January
  • slow as molasses in January