slack off

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slack off (third-person singular simple present slacks off, present participle slacking off, simple past and past participle slacked off)

  1. (intransitive, informal) To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.
    Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
  2. (intransitive) To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.
    Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

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