slow off the mark

adj

Etymology

From sports races, where the mark in this case is the point from which the racers start.

Definitions

  1. slow to act or react

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for slow off the mark. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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