verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the pace slows/slackens
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After a surge in exports, the pace slackened considerably the following year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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A good tree tie will be adjustable and easy to slacken off .
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After a while I slackened off a bit, I suppose, but I always hid the People magazines.
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I might slacken off when I got established - perhaps after ten years or so.
■ NOUN
pace
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The pace did not slacken in the fifth.
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The pace never slackens , the action just keeps accelerating.
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We are not sitting back in self-congratulation and the pace will not be slackened .
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In the following years, the pace hardly slackened .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Slacken off the line, and pull the fishing rod towards you.
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Don't allow the reins to slacken , keep them taut.
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The boat surged forwards as he slackened the rope.
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The skin of her face had slackened.
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Workers can be trained to do other tasks when sales slacken .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Again the firing slackens....
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But it should slacken when the leash is held normally.
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I pointed out that by slackening our programme efforts we would simply court mediocrity.
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Rose, exhausted with running, slackened her pace a little and took in long gulps of air.
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She would not even slacken speed as she raced through the far-ranging Jovian satellite system.
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Support within the Labour Party for united action with the Communist Party slackened considerably after the results of the trials become known.
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The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.
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The rain slackened for a few moments, then came harder.