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The line went slack in their hands almost at once.

They had about four feet of slack from one to the next.

So, what are you going to do with the slack?

He let the slack of the line fall away from him.

Not enough slack and I'd probably just fall on my face trying.

But until he does, you're going to have to take up the slack.

You can only cut even your friends so much slack.

There are times when you have to cut people some slack.

Our eyes met, and I felt my face go slack.

Her face goes slack, and she looks away, across the room, at nothing.

I gave him a bit of slack for a little while after that.

Well, I last read them 10 years ago, so cut me some slack.

Although I was not at my best, there were others to take up the slack.

When the other kids were on the way, Step had been home to take up the slack.

The white hair and the face, slack with death, said he was older than the rest of him looked.

But other prices are more than making up for the slack.

Particularly when there is no one to take up the slack.

His wife might leave him for a man in slacks.

But sales to the West will not come close to taking up the slack.

With everything he's been through, it's hard not to want to cut him some slack.

The fish must have come forward to give the line some slack.

Then came the time to really pick up the slack once more.

When you want to return take up the slack and follow the line.

We'll just have to do more to pick up the slack.

Just before her face went slack, she tried to smile.

My slack man was not there to back me up.

But on our end, among black people and leaders, we have been slack too.

I could not immediately let go of his slack hand.

It happened in the afternoon which was a slack time for business.

You see, this is a slack time in the Gulf country.

She went to the bedside and took his slack hand.

You just hope that nothing is slack behind the scenes.

I'm doing the same kind of trip and have been very slack with the planning.

With one month to go before Christmas, sales are still slack.

It's slack water now, we can make our landing easy.

And even the slack space on your hard drive contains data.

The king turned away, his face and body suddenly slack with indifference.

He was cutting me more slack than I could allow myself.

If they do not move, then the control cables are too slack.

He had, as it was a slack time, just four hands on the ranch.

The other guys there sort of said I was a pretty slack worker.

The system has enough slack to allow for a few failures, but not too many.

Consequently, the boy was given more slack by his mother than he knew what to do with.

Things are slack at the office just now, and I could be spared for a few days.

That evening was fairly slack, being the middle of the week.

When I looked up again, his face was slack with surprised recognition.

The tide was slack, so she had not moved up or down the beach.

Say I've got some slack time and want to help."

The estate manager knew full well what he was up to at a slack time like this.

The young mothers take up the local authorities' slack stock.

If students slack off, teachers expect such parents to help.

Their drive to perform will not let them slack off.

We wrote to one another for a bit, then things slacked off.

I'm not having you slacking off while he has work to do.

But in some cases, the demand slacked after a time.

Perhaps you feel I'm slacking in my role as host?

By the morning of the third day, the rain finally slacked off.

The others would return, but not quickly, since he was slacking in his task.

Dale Davis is out there and they slack off him.

They'll never slack off in spite of their economic dilemma.

I also became aware that questions in class were slacking off.

He went out again and walked through the rain, which was finally slacking off.

His writing slacked off between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again.

I just want to keep my intensity high and never slack off."

Reds had been slacking off the last few times he came.

It was late afternoon, work in the area had slacked off, there were not many about.

The rain slacked and she looked around; they all seemed to do that.

If you slack off for a second, it goes.

The driver, with a surprised look on his face, was slacking up.

She shook her head, as the rain slacked off a little.

From a manager's perspective, there are no problems with slacking off, either.

"I'm not afraid to say something to somebody if I see them slacking off," he said.

I think the tape will reveal he slacked off a little bit.

Now, it's barely three weeks since that day, and you're already slacking.