slacken off
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to become or make something less active, busy, or intense
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- The construction work will slacken off during the holidays.
- After the intense training period, the athletes were told to slacken off a bit.
- We need to slacken off the pressure on the team, or they'll burn out.
- The economic growth began to slacken off in the last quarter.
- If you slacken off now, you'll regret it later.
- The ropes started to slacken off as the wind died down.
- Don't slacken off your efforts just because the deadline is approaching.
- The demand for the product started to slacken off after the initial surge.
- The instructor reminded the climbers not to slacken off their grip.
- As the project neared completion, the pace began to slacken off.