Sentences with phrase «pick up the slack for»

I'm expecting another so - so revenue performance from IBM, with job cuts and buybacks picking up some slack for the bottom line.

It also makes it easier to pick up the slack for a partner that's recently been let go.

' «-RRB- of his form the first few games — they simply know they can pick up any slack for absolutely anybody.

Wenger's comments on the matter name Laurent Koscielny, Santi Cazorla and Petr Cech as the players who will pick up the slack for the absent defender.

The Warriors» budding star picked up the slack for his struggling teammates and showed why he's more than just a complementary player as the Dubs made a furious comeback in Game 5.

Scott Plotnick had 17 points to pick up the slack for some of his squad.

He helped pick up the slack for his co-star, Paul George, who made just 3 of 16 shots.

Arsenal came away from today's trip to Manchester United relieved to have picked up a point after a disappointing display, but was it the player's or the manager who should pick up the slack for our downfall today?

If Oklahoma can't generate efficient offense when Trae Young isn't creating plays for others, or when others aren't helping Trae Young out, the defense is going to have to pick up the slack for an entire game.

In some cases, flex time can become a bone of contention among coworkers, with other employees feeling that they have to pick up the slack for the moms among them.

Diaz has been vocal in urging that Cuomo and the CDC pick up the slack for what Diaz sees as the city's failure to stem the outbreak.

Declarative memory, rooted in the hippocampus, could help the brain pick up the slack for diverse impairments across many developmental disorders such as autism and obsessive - compulsive disorder

Are they picking up the slack for a lazy coworker?

The following piece by Sony Pictures Classics cofounder and copresident Michael Barker, who picked up Slacker for Orion Classics in 1991, originally appeared in the program for the 2001 Austin Film Society event Slacker: A Ten - Year Reunion.

It's not until the film's final sequence — an extraordinary climax that picks up the slack for what came before — that one is really convinced that the love between these characters is the matter of life and death, of imprisonment or freedom, that it is meant to be.

That entails training teachers to use 40 to 50 different software packages, working with teachers whose skill levels run the gamut from never having touched a mouse to highly proficient, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, and just generally picking up the slack for whatever the individual district's instructional technology department can't handle.

Guess the paid members pick up the slack for the rest of the users, an attitude I like and which will more likely get me to fork over some dough and subscribe if / when Google Play cards reach my area (and if you can use money from your Wallet to pay for such things in - app, of course).

Small business owners are picking up the slack for the protections now enjoyed by consumers under the Card Act of 2009

In some cases, flex time can become a bone of contention among coworkers, with other employees feeling that they have to pick up the slack for the moms among them.

While established veterinarians with attractive business plans and stellar credit histories aren't encountering many lending obstacles, lenders who go above and beyond for their customers say they are picking up the slack for competitors to help finalize veterinary architecture loans.

The vast majority of dogs that undergo this procedure need only one hip replaced because the artificial joint picks up the slack for the dysplastic one.

Treyarch mentioned that hey have incorporated narrative elements into all three of the game's modes this year, which is being done to pick up the slack for no single player campaign.

With angst around colony collapse disorder and the plight of the honeybees causing some to explore the idea of «human bee pollinators» (seriously, many farmers in China do now pollinate fruit trees by hand due to lack of bees), it might be a comforting thought that there are also other pollinators out there who can pick up the slack for the disappearing bees.

Sony Music, Sony Pictures and Sony Electronics have been picking up the slack for Sony Mobile for a long time.

But if you want to stay employed, you should already know how important it will be to remain positive, hard - working and willing to pick up slack for at least as long as your job may be in danger.

Missed bonuses due to having to pick up the slack for lost employees can cause resentment and potentially greater loss of employees that will only compound the problem.

Not exact matches

It will take several years for Ontario and Quebec to pick up the slack from the resource provinces.

Uber drivers, for instance, have been shown to pick up riders in the whiter areas of DC more regularly — though to their credit, Uber drivers have also been picking up the slack left over from racist taxi drivers in what may or may not be a sincere social marketing ploy.

Reviewing resumes, interviewing, onboarding, and picking up the leftover slack has been exhausting for all of us.

In Australia, for example, several foreign banks have ceased their market - making in corporate bond and derivatives markets in recent years and have drawn down their inventories.7 In core markets, such as domestic sovereign bonds, domestic dealers are likely to pick up at least part of the slack.

Ontario decided to pick up the slack, restoring the needed healthcare — and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander had the nerve to scold the province for stepping in.

Low corporate taxes, for example, mean that personal income tax must pick up a good deal of the slack.

Funding for our schools has NEVER been solved... I guess they all expect the churches to pick up all the slack?

Aldridge went 8 - for - 22 from the floor for 23 points, and the slack picked up by Damian Lillard and Nicolas Batum wasn't enough for Portland to pull through in overtime.

For an answer to this question, we turn to their squad list, to find out which strikers will be picking up the slack in Benteke's absence.

The run game struggled, and rookie John Brown was the only player on the offense to pick up the slack, finishing with three catches for 61 yards — two of those catches being impressive sideline toe - touch grabs.

His numbers weren't off the charts and I'm sure one of these two freshman will pick up the slack and experience in the process which could lead to a starting position within a year or so... which I don't think Bostick ever would have been considered for

Nene was suspended for this one, but Trevor Ariza picked up his slack and then some, scoring 30 points on 10 - of - 17 shooting and 6 - of - 10 from long range.

Solid support job from Oscar who was more than capable of picking up the slack after a surprise early sub for the injured Pedro.

But, again, BVB took the turmoil in their stride, putting faith in Philipp, who'd been signed from Freiburg for $ 20million, Andriy Yarmolenko, a $ 30million signing from Dinamo Kiev, and rising young star Christian Pulisic to pick up the creative slack in Dembélé's absence.

The biggest challenge over the decades has been for working dads to maintain their commitment at home in the face of resentment from your partner who is picking up the slack.

Like, we all know that we should cut down on saturated fats, but we don't always do that, so medicine can help pick up some of the slack for us.

At their offices and workspaces, the demand from parents for time off means single women without kids are routinely pressured into working late, scheduling vacations for off - seasons, and otherwise picking up the slack that the work / life balance leaves undone by their colleagues.»

I'd rather pay for Grandma to come away on holiday for a week to pick up a bit of the slack than dump the baby off for a whole day somewhere!

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Indian Point's closure would represent a dramatic change for energy production in New York and could force regulators and power producers to scramble to pick up the slack.

«By going hell for leather on cuts, at a time when the private sector can not be expected to pick up the slack, they run the risk of leaving us with higher unemployment, deprived communities and a diminished society.

«Polk grassroots Democrats pick up the slack in HD 39» via Bill Rufty of Florida Politics — While the hapless state Democratic Party has done almost nothing for the underdog campaign of Shira of Lakeland in preparation for the special election to fill a vacancy in Florida House District 39, local grassroots organizations did.

Adams blamed the shortfall on the state's «ongoing denial of legally - mandated Campaign for Fiscal Equity funds,» but said the city needed to pick up the slack.

For a while, it seemed that commercial interests might pick up some of the slack.