slack (off)

verb

Definition of slack (off)next
1
as in to hang around

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2
as in to forget

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slack (off)
  1. hang around
  2. forget
  3. bum
  4. neglect
  5. hang about
  6. veg out
  7. idle
Verb
  • When a sports team loses, its fans don’t hang around for the postgame show.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • And the things that aren’t done can hang around forever, right?
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of hang around
Verb
  • The company could win an appeal, forget about all of this, and go back to business as normal (eventually).
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Never forget his iconic diet book, The Karl Lagerfeld Diet.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of forget
Verb
  • Usher, Coming Home This is Usher’s best album since 2004’s Confessions, and I’m bummed that more people haven’t listened to it.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • A lot of environmentalists are bummed—even scared—about the results of the recent presidential election.
    Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of bum
Verb
  • Another common mistake is neglecting the explainer video production quality.
    James Bryant, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The county will not neglect the Civic Center, Chief Executive Fesia Davenport said.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of neglect
Verb
  • Most asteroids hang about in the Mars to Jupiter region, and the ones near Earth obviously hang about a bit closer.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The big picture: The nine-block shopping district got its own Art Deco-style sign on Monday, which now hangs about 25 feet in the air over Cary Street by Burtons Grill & Bar.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of hang about
Verb
  • Plus: What better way for locals to veg out during a stressful election season than with some grade-A on-screen drama?
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This isn't only a place to veg out, though.
    Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
Definition of veg out
Verb
  • But planes have only just recently started moving along the assembly lines that were idled by the two-month work stoppage.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Competing against the best of the National League is another matter, but idling just above .500 isn’t palatable to fans in one of the largest markets in the country.
    Jared Wyllys, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of idle
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