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edit	VERB	to slacken \| slackened \| slackened ... slackening \| slackens
	SYNO	to remit \| to slacken \| to relax ...
	to remit \| to slacken to relax \| to slack \| to slack up \| to slacken to slack \| to slacken \| to slow \| to slow down \| to slow up © Princeton University

NOUN

das Slacken | -

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to slacken sth.

514

etw.^Akk. lockern

to slacken

263

to slacken sth. [reduce]

227

etw.^Akk. verringern

to slacken

196

to slacken

86

to slacken

44

lösen [Seil, Riemen, Drehgriff usw.]

to slacken

30

to slacken

24

to slacken

11

to slacken

6

to slacken

to slacken

schwächer werden

to slacken [become slower]

langsamer werden

to slacken [rate of development]

sich verlangsamen

to slacken [slow, reduce]

sich^Akk. vermindern

to slacken sth. [reduce]

etw.^Akk. vermindern

Nouns

sports slacklining [rope walking or balancing]

Slacken {n} [auf der Slackline balancieren]

2 Words

to slacken off

to slacken off [ease off]

entspannen [lockern, z. B. Kabel, Muskel]

to slacken off [for health reasons]

to slacken off [work, trade]

abnehmen [geringer, weniger werden]

3 Words

to slacken one's efforts

seine Anstrengungen mäßigen

equest. to slacken the girth

den Gurt lockern

to slacken the reins [also fig.]

die Zügel schleifen lassen [auch fig.]

5+ Words

to let the reins slacken / go slack

die Zügel locker lassen

to slacken one's hold on the reins

die Zügel locker lassen

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