a slow start
idiom
: lack of success at first
Despite a slow start at the box office, the movie's popularity has increased steadily.
The team got off to a slow start this season but is playing well now.
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Second-year wide receiver Ladd McConkey, who was a diamond in the rough last year, has picked up his play lately after a slow start to 2025.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kaoru Mitoma, who scored seven of his 19 big chances and created eight more in 2024-25, has made a slow start (one big chance scored and one created) but Yankuba Minteh has begun well with three created and one scored (from two big chances).
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
After a slow start to fall, temperatures are steadily dropping in Wisconsin.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Flagg who almost began the game with a highlight lob dunk, got off to a slow start, missing his only two shots from the field while adding six rebounds and two turnovers in the first half.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Kaoru Mitoma, who scored seven of his 19 big chances and created eight more in 2024-25, has made a slow start (one big chance scored and one created) but Yankuba Minteh has begun well with three created and one scored (from two big chances).
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
After a slow start to fall, temperatures are steadily dropping in Wisconsin.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Flagg who almost began the game with a highlight lob dunk, got off to a slow start, missing his only two shots from the field while adding six rebounds and two turnovers in the first half.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2025
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