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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of slack.

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Examples

  • Here, lime water will refer to calcium hydroxide which is also known as slacked lime

    Chapter 15 1982

  • We lost some games, wasn't playing well, and overall, our defense kind of slacked off.

    Rashard Lewis ready to move forward Tarik El-Bashir 2010

  • December is not exactly last month, but I kind of slacked lately, you know…

    No Fat Clips!!! : Blog archives 2009

  • December is not exactly last month, but I kind of slacked lately, you know…

    No Fat Clips!!! : [BEST OF] December 2008 – pt.1 2009

  • But this is where you start to wonder whether everybody kind of slacked off a little bit when Jobs, a notorious tyrant and perfectionist, wasn't around to put the fear of God into them.

    Will Apple Stumble With Snow Leopard? 2009

  • Of course, the surprise visit invariably happened just at the moment when the girls had "slacked," whereupon fright being added to ignorance, they would make such a poor display that they themselves were covered with confusion and their instructor with mortification.

    Etheldreda the Ready A School Story George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • But I think I kind of slacked a little bit, because I realized from my past two seasons that it's not all about physical ability.

    Inside TV Blog Kelly Woo 2010

  • I hopeyour readings are good Mine are so. so kind of slacked off a little.

    Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010

  • "Last year, I kind of slacked off," said Tyler Van Cleave, a freshman in the academy.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • But once they made a run I thought the effort kind of slacked off.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local < 2010

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