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cut somebody some slackTo be patient or lenient with somebody; to relax standards or expectations.Rate it:

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no slackKeeping the Pressure OnRate it:

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pick up the slackto do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be doneRate it:

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slack offTo be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.Rate it:

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slack offTo decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.Rate it:

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slack-jawedWith the mouth in an open position and the jaw hanging loosely, especially as indicating bewilderment or astonishment.Rate it:

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slack-jawedUnsophisticated or unthinking; dimwitted in appearance.Rate it:

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slack-jawedOverly talkative; indiscreet.Rate it:

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take upThat which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.Rate it:

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(in) otio languere et hebescereto grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.Rate it:

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les affaires ne vont pas (ne marchent pas)Trade is dull, slack.Rate it:

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louse aroundTo slack off; be lazy; be a "parasite" to someone/something.Rate it:

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otio diffluereto grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.Rate it:

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round inTo haul up; usually, to haul the slack of through its leading block, or to haul up by its fall.Rate it:

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skive offTo skive; to play truant; to slack off.Rate it:

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