( slow lanes)
1.
On a motorway or freeway, the slow lane is the lane for vehicles which are moving more slowly than the other vehicles.
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2.
If you say that a person, country, or company is in the slow lane , you mean that they are not progressing as fast as other people, countries, or companies in a particular area of activity.
Germany was not trying to push Britain into the slow lane...
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