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Pick up the slack

To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.

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📖 Definitions of "Pick up the slack"

verb
  1. 1

    To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.

  2. 2

    To do work that would otherwise be left undone.

  3. 3

    To provide extra resources that are not met by normal sources.

  4. 4

    To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.

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