slack up
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“Everybody needs to pick up the slack up front, starting with us,” left tackle Joe Noteboom said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2022
“It didn’t slack up at all,” he said.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021
He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top, taking the slack up, so that no one’s toes could touch the ground.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
![]()
"But it certainly was strange enough when he made that statement, and then to have the train slack up," spoke Nat.
From Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range by Young, Clarence
The moment you slack up on them is the moment they slack up in their work.
From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack