"cut someone slack" meaning in All languages combined

See cut someone slack on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: cuts someone slack [present, singular, third-person], cutting someone slack [participle, present], cut someone slack [participle, past], cut someone slack [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> someone slack}} cut someone slack (third-person singular simple present cuts someone slack, present participle cutting someone slack, simple past and past participle cut someone slack)
  1. Alternative form of cut someone some slack Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cut someone some slack
    Sense id: en-cut_someone_slack-en-verb-Su~KPpe7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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