"slack up" meaning in English

See slack up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: slacks up [present, singular, third-person], slacking up [participle, present], slacked up [participle, past], slacked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slack up (third-person singular simple present slacks up, present participle slacking up, simple past and past participle slacked up), {{tlb|en|idiomatic}} (idiomatic)
  1. (intransitive) To become slack; slacken. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-slack_up-en-verb-p808XuvV
  2. (intransitive) To slack; to let one's standards slip. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-slack_up-en-verb-iX8ZlHjn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To slack; to let one's standards slip."
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