English Explanatory Dictionary

take up the slack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
  2. To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
  3. To provide extra resources that are not met by normal sources.
  4. To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
  5. To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.

Word forms

take up the slack takes up the slack taking up the slack took up the slack taken up the slack pick up the slack

Related words

take it from here take it from there
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