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To make or become less taut

To decrease in severity or intensity

To cause to move or proceed at a slower pace

To relax or laze around

To undo or be undone after winding or being wound

To relax one's efforts

To fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way

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Verb

To make or become less taut

become less stiff

become less tense

become less rigid

become unfastened

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“I could feel her grip around my waist slacken as she realized I could hold myself steady on the stallion, my hands wrapped in its mane.”

Verb

To decrease in severity or intensity

become less intense

take the edge off

take the sting out

take the bite out

go through the floor

sink into oblivion

disappear slowly

axe^UK

ax^US

make cutbacks in

make less strict

make less formal

go down the toilet

go down the tubes

be on the way out

draw to a close

take a nosedive

come to nothing

go into a tailspin

put a damper on

tranquillise^UK

make less intense

die away or out

die away or down

lose its effect

lose its effectiveness

become listless

be precipitated

decrease in value

decline in price

become indistinct

become confused

be giving up the ghost

be about to die

be on your last legs

become moribund

have one foot in the grave

be breathing one's last

be approaching death

be on one's deathbed

be slipping away

be at death's door

go to the bottom

go into a decline

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“Inflationary pressures have continued to slacken over the last month.”

Verb

To cause to move or proceed at a slower pace

reduce in speed

put the brakes on

slam on the anchors

slam on the brakes

put on the brakes

lessen one's speed

get in the way of

bring to screeching halt

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

stand in the way of

stem the flow of

keep under control

bring to a standstill

cramp one's style

put at a disadvantage

place at a disadvantage

be a hindrance to

prevent from making progress

get bogged down

deliver a blow to

impose limits on

give a hard time

tie one's hands

give disadvantage

put out of commission

queer someone's pitch

throw a spoke in the wheel of

put the stopper on

take wind out of

put the kibosh on

keep within bounds

keep a tight rein on

keep tight rein on

keep the lid on

do a disservice to

give a disadvantage to

put in an unfavourable position

treat unfavourably

inflict a handicap on

put a spoke in someone's wheel

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“Night fell over them like a cloak, and still, Danea did not slacken her speed.”

Verb

To relax or laze around

recharge one's batteries

refresh oneself

take a breather

snatch forty winks

have forty winks

get some shut-eye

put your feet up

catch forty winks

let it all hang out

make yourself at home

entertain oneself

sleep like a log

sleep like a top

take forty winks

be in the land of Nod

be in the arms of Morpheus

come up for air

have a lie-down

be dead to the world

catch one's breath

let yourself go

compose oneself

let your hair down

collect oneself

put your head down

get comfortable

get your head down

stop for a breath

take a load off

catch a few 'z' s

take one's time

make less tense

catch some few Zs

get some shuteye

suspend proceedings

catch some zeds

get forty winks

take one's leisure

have a breather

go up the stairs to Bedfordshire

take a chill pill

be in the arms of morpheus

rest in the arms of morpheus

be in the land of nod

go out like a light

rest in the arms of Morpheus

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Verb

To undo or be undone after winding or being wound

remove the knots from

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Verb

To relax one's efforts

relax your efforts

become complacent

drop one's guard

get comfortable

grow complacent

lower one's guard

let it all hang out

let yourself go

entertain oneself

make yourself at home

compose oneself

take a breather

collect oneself

put your feet up

take a load off

catch one's breath

take things easy

take a chill pill

take some time off

become less formal

become informal

become less rigid

take one's time

take one's leisure

let your hair down

make less tense

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Verb

To fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way

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