slack

cut someone some slack allow someone some leeway; make allowances for someone's behaviour. North American informal

2013BenSilent Words Speak Loudest Perhaps… we should cut Nash … some slack. After all, to the 11-year-old Nash … the Spice Girls' superficial sloganeering may have genuinely seemed like feminism.

take (or pick) up the slack

1 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut.

2 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.

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释义	slack cut someone some slack allow someone some leeway; make allowances for someone's behaviour. North American informal 2013BenSilent Words Speak Loudest Perhaps… we should cut Nash … some slack. After all, to the 11-year-old Nash … the Spice Girls' superficial sloganeering may have genuinely seemed like feminism. take (or pick) up the slack 1 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. 2 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.
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