Sentences with phrase «to pick up the slack»

Although it still uses gasoline like regular cars, the motor picks up the slack for a lot of the engine, thereby reducing a lot of the gas needed to run it.

What we want to avoid is poor planning where our credit card picks up the slack in our planning.

Private loans help pick up the slack when you don't get enough from your financial aid.

If your business difficulty can be solved with a few extra hands, look to trusted partners for help picking up the slack.

But somebody else has to pick up the slack on basic research.

Movies are selling less tickets at higher prices, and DVD sales are practically on the verge of collapse while Blu - ray has not picked up the slack.

Help pick up the slack by taking on one of these things and you'll be a hero in your friend's eyes.

You can't be everywhere at once, so set your priorities and let others pick up the slack.

All of which would serve to pick up any slack left in the wake of lower Western growth, and to offer attractive new / local investment opportunities.

Each man has to trust that the guy next to him will have his back and be able to pick up slack if needed.

Hopefully they have actual real coaches behind him to pick up the slack there... we'll see.

It's the person who always picks up the slack you can't afford to lose.

I'm finally back to blogging as usual, and thank you, again, to all of my lovely guest posters for picking up the slack while I was moving / traveling.

And parents don't generally pick up the slack and teach kids nutrition because they were never taught about it either.

The loss of that buying interest has to be negative for asset prices unless someone else picks up the slack.

When your carrier loses your bag, travel insurance picks up the slack.

The government should aim to reduce this kind of involvement in mortgage lending, but the private sector must be made ready to pick up the slack first.

How long can they realistically pick up the slack?

Rise above your competitors by offering more than your customers expect — an area where big retailers often fail and smaller businesses can pick up the slack simply by being more in touch.

To complicate things further, young children who suffer brain damage in the left hemisphere often develop language normally, with the right hemisphere picking up the slack.

As the government makes cuts, let we the people pick up the slack and be charitable.

So give your conscious brain a break and let your rich subconscious pick up the slack; the perfect baby name just might come to you in your dreams.

I feel loved and taken care of because other moms pick up the slack.

He has found that when blood flow is compromised — as by a stroke — nearby vessels pick up the slack, helping brain tissue recover.

That means that your back and abs end up picking up the slack, which puts a lot of pressure on your lower back.

When the organs of elimination (like the liver, colon, and kidneys) become overwhelmed, the skin picks up the slack.

You should look at your breathing pattern first and see how your breathing could be affecting your core control and making other muscles pick up the slack.

My muscles are picking up the slack big time so I can so relate to the big knot and tired muscles.

This can't be good for the young people in our schools nor for the colleagues of these teachers who have to support them and potentially pick up the slack.

On a straight line course, the rear wheels spin for a revolution or two, and then the front wheels pick up the slack, accelerating hard through the snow.

This resulted in a decrease in e-book sales, while indie authors picked up the slack and started to sell cheaper books.

Where PDF fails software developers, EPUB picks up the slack.

This is where banks miss the mark and credit unions pick up the slack.

Over the previous decade, the government has largely reduced the role of private banks in student loans while the federal government essentially picked up the slack.

As family incomes dropped, many women picked up the slack, increasing their working hours and income.

Don't you worry though, the rest of the crew picks up their slack!

If the first - party well runs dry in 2018, let's hope third - party developers pick up the slack.

Because he'll be gone for a little bit, I want to not only pick up the slack, but try to push forward too.

Ok, so maybe the storyline wasn't the greatest, but could the gameplay possibly pick up the slack?

If nothing else, smaller, gas turbines could also pick up the slack.

Fortunately, our travel medical insurance for seniors picks up the slack to get them emergency medical care worldwide.

Make sure that other team members know what's going on so they can pick up the slack when someone leaves.

I'm just a few days away from finishing the manuscript for my book, and am so thankful for friends willing to pick up the slack on the blog!

Unfortunately, they also may not have anyone else to pick up the slack in this area.

And who will pick up the slack if he doesn't?

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

Alright so we get it, the story isn't a huge deal, but of course the gameplay could always pick up the slack.

I can't always fit in enough veggies or calcium rich foods in my day so I feel like this stuff helps pick up the slack.