Meanings
verbslacken off (third-person singular simple present slackens off, present participle slackening off, simple past and past participle slackened off)
present singular third person slackens off · participle present slackening off · participle past slackened off · past slackened off
- transitiveTo do (something) less intensely.
Synonyms & antonyms
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