Third-person singular simple present indicative form of play it close to the hip

simple past tense of take up the slack

present participle of take up the slack

past participle of take up the slack

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of take up the slack

Followed by a pronoun or personal name(s), expresses disapproval or anger about something done or said by the referred person(s). / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see the, nerve, of.

(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, figuratively) To think so well of someone that one cannot imagine anything wrong with them.

(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic, interrogative) Used to ask if one's interlocutor needs to urinate or defecate.

As much as is possible for one.

(law, dated) The legal money of a country. / (figuratively) Something that is valued like money within a particular context.