English Explanatory Dictionary

pick up the slack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Alternative form of take up the slack.
  2. To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
  3. To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
  4. To provide extra needed resources.
  5. To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
  6. To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.

Word forms

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