"slack up" meaning in English

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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)
  1. (intransitive) To slack; to let one's standards slip Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-slack_up-en-verb-HYFAmrSp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up)

Inflected forms

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