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 16 Sep. 2025.
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