Speakur

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picked up the slack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables
picked up the s-lack
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of pick up the slack

Questions

What does picked up the slack mean?
simple past and past participle of pick up the slack

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