Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taking up the slack

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
tak-ing up the s-lack
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of take up the slack

Questions

What does taking up the slack mean?
present participle and gerund of take up the slack

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