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slackening off

slackening off is the present participle and gerund of slacken off.

Meaning of slacken off

Verb

slacken off (third-person singular simple present slackens off, present participle slackening off, simple past and past participle slackened off)

  1. (intransitive) To slacken or lessen; to become less intense.
  2. (transitive) To do (something) less intensely.

Questions about slackening off

What is slackening off the present participle and gerund of?
Slackening off is the present participle and gerund of slacken off.

Words near slackening off in the dictionary

  1. slackener
  2. slackeners
  3. slackenest
  4. slackeneth
  5. slackening
  6. slackening off
  7. slackenings
  8. slackens
  9. slackens off
  10. slacker
  11. slackerdom

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