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picking up the slack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables
pick-ing up the s-lack
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pick up the slack

Questions

What does picking up the slack mean?
present participle and gerund of pick up the slack

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