slack off

verb — 2 senses

slack off

verb
1

Informal To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.

  • Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.
2

To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.

  • Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

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