Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taken up the slack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
tak-en up the s-lack
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of take up the slack

Questions

What does taken up the slack mean?
past participle of take up the slack

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