Idiom
make haste slowly
Meaning
To do things in a deliberate manner to reduce mistakes.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You should make haste slowly to avoid making mistakes.”
“The project is complicated, so we must make haste slowly to ensure every detail is correct.”
“Although the deadline approached, the master craftsman chose to make haste slowly, knowing that rushing would only compromise the integrity of his work.”
Examples
simple
“You should make haste slowly to avoid making mistakes.”
contextual
“The project is complicated, so we must make haste slowly to ensure every detail is correct.”
complex
“Although the deadline approached, the master craftsman chose to make haste slowly, knowing that rushing would only compromise the integrity of his work.”
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