slack
adjective
not tight, taut, firm, or tense;
has slacked
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present perfectof slack (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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But he said that he personally has slacked on “defense and effort,” and this year he aims to lead by example.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2011
Even Van der Vaart, who has slacked off defensively in previous matches, applied pressure in his own half.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011
Since the cruise business has slacked off a bit lately, I wouldn't mind getting back into journalism myself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Whitney:—Since your publication of my last, "McDonough" has slacked his fire wonderfully.
From Nuts for Future Historians to Crack by Horace Wemyss Smith
Our business has slacked greatly, and is now mainly kept up by recent refugees from the up-country.
From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Elizabeth Ware Pearson
