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verb
Alternative form of take up the slack.
To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
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verb
Alternative form of take up the slack.
To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
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verb
Alternative form of take up the slack.
To provide extra needed resources.
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verb
Alternative form of take up the slack.
To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
Alternative form of take up the slack.
To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
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