slack off

phrasal verb

slacked off; slacking off; slacks off

1

: to do something with less effort or energy than before

I was exercising regularly last summer, but I've been slacking off recently.

2

: to become less active, forceful, etc.

Their business has been slacking off in recent months.

Examples of slack off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in reality, someone who is out of a job can’t afford to slack off or remain unemployed for long — the economic pressure is too high. —Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025

According to classical economics, people should work hard for their own pocketbook but slack off when that money is going to charity. —Thomas Talhelm, Scientific American, 22 Aug. 2025

New research shows that individual weaver ants get stronger as their group grows, a sharp contrast to human teams, where individuals often slack off when more members join in. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025

However, that number assumes that engineers use those extra hours to work more rather than slack off. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 2 July 2025

This challenges a common narrative promoted by some legislators, who argue that employees who work from home are more likely to slack off without the direct supervision afforded by office settings. —Gleb Tsipursky, Time, 25 June 2025

Agencies favor new business over existing clients, and customer service slacks off. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025

Newsweek reported how a worker set a trap for an underperforming colleague who habitually slacked off while others carried the load. —Matthew Impelli, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 June 2025

This can help guard against injury too—when big, powerful muscles like your glutes slack off, smaller muscles often get strained from picking up the effort. —Lauren Wingenroth, SELF, 30 May 2025

Rhymes for slack off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff