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slacks off

slacks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slacks off

What is slacks off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Slacks off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of slack off.

Words near slacks off in the dictionary

  1. slackrope walker
  2. slackrope walkers
  3. slackrope walking
  4. slackropes
  5. slacks
  6. slacks off
  7. slacks up
  8. slacktivism
  9. slacktivist
  10. slacktivists
  11. slacktub

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