TAKE (OR PICK) UP THE SLACK

Meaning of TAKE (OR PICK) UP THE SLACK in English

take ( or pick) up the slack

improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.

→ slack

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLACK — I. ˈslak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old Saxon slak slack, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Middle French piquer to prick, pick, pluck, strike …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PICK — (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the …
Английский словарь Webster
PICK — ( v. ) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLACK — slack 1 — slackingly , adv. — slackly , adv. — slackness , n. /slak/ , adj. 1. not tight, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PICK — pick 1 — pickable , adj. /pik/ , v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLACK — I. ˈslak adjective Etymology: Middle English slak, from Old English sleac; akin to Old High German slah slack, Latin laxus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PICK — I. ˈpik verb Etymology: Middle English piken, partly from Old English * pīcian (akin to Middle Dutch picken to prick); …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
SLACK — adv slackly; as, slack dried hops. 2. slack ·noun a valley, or small, shallow dell. 3. slack ·noun small coal; …
Webster English vocab
PICK — v to open (a lock) as by a wire. 2. pick ·v to trim. 3. pick ·noun choice; right of …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLACK — [slack] adj [ME slak, fr. OE sleac; akin to OHG slah slack, L laxus slack, loose, languere to languish, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PICK — [pick] vb [ME piken, partly fr. (assumed) OE pician (akin to MD picken to prick); partly fr. MF piquer to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLACK — / slæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( slack·er , slack·est ) 1. not stretched tight …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — / pɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLACK — I. slack 1 /slæk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sleac ] 1 . hanging loosely, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLACK — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1 (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or remiss. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PICK — v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLACK — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. 1 (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or remiss. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PICK — v. & n. v.tr. 1 (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
SLACK — 1. adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. 1. (of rope etc.) not taut. 2 inactive or sluggish. 3 negligent or …
Oxford English vocab
PICK — 1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1. (also absol.) choose carefully from a number of alternatives (picked the pink one; picked …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLACK — ( slacker, slackest, slacks, slacking, slacked) 1. Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PICK — ( picks, picking, picked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLACK — I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand. ▪ I let the rope …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLACK — (NOT ACTIVE) [adjective] - showing a lack of activity; not busy or happening in a positive wayBusiness is always slack …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICK — Synonyms and related words : abuse, accelerate, accost, accumulate, acquire, adz, aggravate, alternativity, amass, annoy, apprehend, arrest, assemble, ax, badger, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICK — I. noun VERB + PICK ▪ have ▪ She had her ~ of the single men. ▪ take ▪ Which …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLACK — n. 25B6; adjective the rope went slack : LOOSE, limp, hanging, flexible. slack skin : FLACCID, flabby, loose, sagging, saggy. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PICK — n. 25B6; verb I got a job picking apples : HARVEST, gather (in), collect, pluck; poetic/literary cull. pick the time …
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