pick up the slack

Verb

 * 1) To tighten something that is slack so that it is taut.
 * 2) To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
 * 3) To provide extra needed resources.
 * 4)  To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
 * 5) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1) To do work that would otherwise be left undone.
 * 2) To provide extra needed resources.
 * 3)  To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
 * 4) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1) To provide extra needed resources.
 * 2)  To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
 * 3) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1)  To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
 * 2) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1)  To act as a slack variable, converting an inequality into an equality.
 * 2) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.
 * 1) To consume something that would otherwise go to waste.