pick up the slack (English, verb)
expansion: pick up the slack (third-person singular simple present picks up the slack, present participle picking up the slack, simple past and past participle picked up the slack)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of take up the slack.
To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
glosses: Alternative form of take up the slack.
To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
glosses: Alternative form of take up the slack.
To provide extra needed resources.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of take up the slack.
To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
glosses: Alternative form of take up the slack.
To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
Forms:
form: picks up the slack
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: picking up the slack
tags: participle
present
form: picked up the slack
tags: participle
past
form: picked up the slack
tags: past