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Phrase(s): Slow and steady wins the race.
Prov. If you work slowly but constantly, you will succeed better than if you work fast for a short while and do not continue. (Associated with Aesop’s fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare.") • Joy only had a little bit of time to spend sewing every day, but she worked steadily and soon had finished a beautiful quilt. Slow and steady wins the race.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs