slacken off in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for slacken off in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.slacken [Am ˈslækən, Brit ˈslak(ə)n] VB intr

2. slacken (diminish) → slacken off

II.slacken [Am ˈslækən, Brit ˈslak(ə)n] VB trans

1. slacken (loosen) → slacken off

See also slacken off

I.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] PREP

II.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] ADV off often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (break off, pay off, take off, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (break, pay, take, etc).

III.off [Am ɔf, ɑf, Brit ɒf] ADJ

6. off → offside

See also well-off, on, offside, go off, bring on, better-off, badly off

well-off <pred well off> [wɛl ɔf, wɛlˈɒf] ADJ

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

I.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] N

II.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] ADJ

III.offside [Am ˌɔfˈsaɪd, Brit ɒfˈsʌɪd] ADV SPORTS

I.go off VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

II.go off VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

better-off <pred better off> [Am ˌbɛdərˈɔf, ˌbɛdərˈɑf, Brit ˌbɛtərˈɒf] ADJ

badly off <comp worse off, superl worst off, pred> ADJ

slacken off in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for slacken off in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Translations for slacken off in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.slacken [ˈslæk·ən] VB trans

II.slacken [ˈslæk·ən] VB intr

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
One thing about the manager is that he will never let us slacken off.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Circulation began to slacken off, with almost no profit to show.
www.thestar.com
The number of patients crowding the emergency rooms did not slacken off....
www.scoop.co.nz
We're going out to win all three games, we want to keep our 50 over form going and not slacken off in any way.
www.stuff.co.nz
To slacken off here while soccer's appeal continues to grow among an impressionable new generation would be negligent.
www.afl.com.au
This is due to lack of energy, which makes the muscles around the vocal cords slacken off.
www.dailymail.co.uk
He wasn't one to slacken off during the day.
www.irishcentral.com
Thickset fingers and gnarled knuckles clench then loosen off, pausing a moment, then clench and slacken off again.
www.qt.com.au
Don't slacken off and take an easier option when you can maybe pull out but go again and go that extra mile.
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