I. adjective
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Corporate profits have been hurt by slack demand.
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I let the rope go slack as the boat came closer.
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If the rope between climbers is slack , one slip can be fatal.
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Keep the rope slack till I say `pull'.
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The fan belt is a little slack .
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The report criticized airport security as "disgracefully slack ."
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her body went momentarily slack with relief, or was it disappointment?
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Savings and loan institutions, for example, were once high slack systems, and appropriately so in a regulated industry.
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She didn't want to come against the flat slack flesh.
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This can result due to reductions in overmanning and improvements in other types of slack management procedures.
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Today a changing environment has forced many such organization either to become low slack systems or to go out of business.
II. noun
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■ VERB
cut
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And I didn't cut myself any slack for having missed time in school.
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These two big, hardheaded women, one player, one coach, have not learned to cut each other any slack .
dress
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She dressed quickly in slacks and a full-necked jumper.
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She was dressed in slacks and a sheepskin jacket, her blonde hair bound with a scarf.
go
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There's no elastic been invented that doesn't go all slack the minute a camera comes out.
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We were rushing back to deal with Mr McCrindle's fence because it had gone slack , and for that reason only.
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Whereas Donald chose to impart the news himself that Mr McCrindle's fence had gone slack .
pick
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What she needs is for the father of her children to pick up some slack .
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The government is appealing to business to pick up the slack , but there are few ears to hear.
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Women buy into that thinking, too, and so pick up the slack for men.
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As employers drop out of the health insurance business, the government Medi-Cal program generally picks up the slack .
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It is increasingly up to the individual to pick up the slack and act swiftly, doing well by doing good.
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Photo paper sales picked up the slack , the company said.
take
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Banks will not take up the slack .
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To the states' taxpayers who will have to take up the slack as federal aid recedes?
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But developing nations, where 2 billion people still have no electricity, have taken up the slack .
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Other industries have taken up the slack .
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So the Flamethrower lit up to take up the slack .
wear
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Gebrec had been wearing blue slacks yesterday morning.
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He was a short, fair-complexioned man wearing blue slacks , a tieless white shirt, and wrap-around sunglasses.
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If I am going to be inside, very seldom do I wear slacks , but that's professional, I feel.
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Sheila sauntered in wearing slacks and an artificial-silk print blouse with a bow at around 7: 30.
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Under his white coat Lorrimer was wearing grey slacks and a tweed jacket.
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Lucy never wore slacks or make-up, except when he permitted it in order to cover a bruise.
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He had short dark hair and was wearing casual slacks and a light anorak.
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Her companion, tall and slim with hard eyes, wore blue slacks and a white shirt opened wide at the neck.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Leave a little slack in the line.
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People in San Francisco seem to have no slack in their lives anymore.
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The workforce has been reduced, so there's very little slack in the system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An ordinary plaid blouse, and slacks, I decide.
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Hand coils create unwanted slack and immediately tighten around the hand under load, trapping the fingers and preventing an effective arrest.
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He wore a short-sleeved shirt and pale cinnamon slacks.
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Lucy never wore slacks or make-up, except when he permitted it in order to cover a bruise.
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Sheila sauntered in wearing slacks and an artificial-silk print blouse with a bow at around 7: 30.
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The idea of Jim Morrison in a pair of black cotton slacks doesn't quite have the same ring, does it?
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Therese was huddled in nearly every garment she possessed, slacks, jumpers, her shabby grey coat and the multicoloured shawl.
III. verb
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■ ADVERB
off
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But Le Carré's not slacking off .
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A lifetime of low-level employment is a high price to pay for slacking off in junior high.
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I guess I thought that since everything was starting to turn around, I could slack off a little.
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Antonio Ramos, a mariachi since he turned 12, has seen the work for mariachis slack off too.
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But what about the worker who slacks off routinely?
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Some one wrote in all capital letters that unqualified disabled workers were slacking off and getting special privileges.
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I was after him with a stick for a while but slacked off .
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There can be no excuse for slacking off .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"You start tomorrow at nine," he told them, "and no slacking, or there'll be trouble."
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She called me into her office and accused me of slacking and taking too many holidays!
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This is no time to be slacking off!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lifetime of low-level employment is a high price to pay for slacking off in junior high.
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Antonio Ramos, a mariachi since he turned 12, has seen the work for mariachis slack off too.
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But Le Carré's not slacking off.
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I guess I thought that since everything was starting to turn around, I could slack off a little.
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It did not slack in the least until Centreville was reached.
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The horse slacked his pace, swung his neck down to ease the tension in it, and relaxed his tail.