slack off

1. (informal, intransitive)To be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.

   Emily is slacking off since this is her last semester; she completely stopped trying to make good grades.

   faulenzen, vernachlässigen

   отлыниватьotlynivatʹ

2. (intransitive)To decrease in intensity; to ease off; to diminish; to die down.

   Thankfully the hail slacked off after a few minutes.

   nachlassen

   ослабеватьoslabevatʹ

1. He got fired for slacking off at work.

   deEr wurde gefeuert, weil er bei der Arbeit faulenzte.

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2. Tom is slacking off again.

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3. Quit slacking off and get to work!

   Перестань байдикувати і працюй!

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4. I'm slacking off at work today.

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5. I promise not to slack off.

   ruОбещаю не отлынивать.

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irregular

• slack upTo slack; to let one's standards slip.
• slack offTo be deliberately unproductive in one's work or study.