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slack off |
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slack off 1. to taper off; to reduce gradually. Business tends to slack off during the winter months. The storms begin to slack off in April. 2. [for someone] to become lazy or inefficient. Near the end of the school year, Sally began to slack off, and her grades showed it. John got fired for slacking off during the busy season. See also: slack slack off 1. to work less hard than is usual or necessary Workers tend to slack off on Mondays and Fridays. 2. to become less severe or extreme If this rain would slack off, we could finish the work outside. See also: slack How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But this afternoon--perhaps on account of music--he perceived that one must slack off occasionally, or what is the good of being alive? A veer in the wind induced them to slack off sheets, and five minutes afterward a sudden veer from the opposite quarter caught all three schooners aback, and those on shore could see the boom-tackles being slacked away or cast off on the jump. |
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