slacked

past tense of slack
as in loosened
to make less taut the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail

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loosened
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  • Celebrities known for other things showing anything at all was worth the price of the magazine, and those parameters were loosened.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Heavy rains came days before, which could have loosened the ground, making those mountain villages more vulnerable.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Slacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slacked. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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