slack off

Idioms and Phrases

Decrease in activity or intensity, as in If business ever slacks off we can go on vacation , or When the project fell behind schedule again, she thought we were slacking off . [Second half of 1800s]

Related Words

• abate
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• dwindle
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• ebb
• fall off
• lessen
• lower
• reduce
• shrink
• sink
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