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slacked off

slacked off is the simple past and past participle of slack off.

Meaning of slack off

Verb

slack off (third-person singular simple present slacks off, present participle slacking off, simple past and past participle slacked off)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
    • Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
  2. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
    • Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

Questions about slacked off

What is slacked off the simple past and past participle of?
Slacked off is the simple past and past participle of slack off.

Words near slacked off in the dictionary

  1. slackass
  2. slackcom
  3. slackcoms
  4. slackcountry
  5. slacked
  6. slacked off
  7. slacked up
  8. slacken
  9. slacken off
  10. slackened
  11. slackened off

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