slow rolling
Taking its time
Slow rolling is deliberately delaying an action to frustrate or disadvantage someone.
In poker, it means pausing theatrically before revealing a winning hand—considered poor etiquette because it gives your opponent false hope.
More broadly, to slow roll someone is to string them along or drag out a process unnecessarily: The insurance company slow rolled our claim for months.
The term implies the delay is strategic or passive-aggressive rather than accidental.
- gradualDeveloping slowly over time
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- leisurelyDone without urgency
- unhurriedTaking one's time
- easy does itUrging patience and care
crawling · snail's pace · inching · deliberate · long game · languid · plodding · low gear · meandering · drift · glide · momentum · wheels · fog · molasses · honey · tide · glacier
- road ragetailgating, honking, cutting off, brake checking, middle finger
slow rollingfast-tracking
Accelerating a procedure's timeline
rushing · expediting · accelerating · rapid deployment · hurrying
slow rollingpulling the trigger
slow rollingfull disclosure
Withholding no information
laying cards on the table · quick flip · coming clean · straight shooting · transparency
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