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slacking up

slacking up is the present participle and gerund of slack up.

Meaning of slack up

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To slack; to let one's standards slip.

Questions about slacking up

What is slacking up the present participle and gerund of?
Slacking up is the present participle and gerund of slack up.

Words near slacking up in the dictionary

  1. slackful
  2. slackhanded
  3. slackhandedness
  4. slacking
  5. slacking off
  6. slacking up
  7. slackish
  8. slackjawed
  9. slackline
  10. slacklined
  11. slackliner

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