slack off

English

Verb

slack off

1. (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. To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.

   Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

Translations

deliberately unproductive in one's work or study

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷懶／偷懒 (zh) (tōulǎn), 偷懒 (zh) (tōulǎn)

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• Finnish: löysäillä
• French: (colloquial) glander (fr), (informal) tirer au flanc (fr), procrastiner (fr), atermoyer (fr)
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decrease in intensity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減少／减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 减少 (zh) (jiǎnshǎo), 下降 (zh) (xiàjiàng)

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• Finnish: laantua (fi)
• French: se calmer (fr), diminuer (fr)
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