take up the slack (English, verb)
expansion: take up the slack (third-person singular simple present takes up the slack, present participle taking up the slack, simple past took up the slack, past participle taken up the slack)
Senses:
glosses: To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
glosses: To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
glosses: To provide extra resources that are not met by normal sources.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
glosses: To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
Forms:
form: takes up the slack
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking up the slack
tags: participle
present
form: took up the slack
tags: past
form: taken up the slack
tags: participle
past
form: pick up the slack
tags: alternative