pick up the slack

So the Army is turning to women to pick up the slack.

"We're just going to have to find somebody to pick up the slack."

I'm not the only one who's going to pick up the slack.

But it may take time to pick up the slack.

And working men have been slow to pick up the slack at home.

"But it is one of those things where we all have to pick up the slack."

Then came the time to really pick up the slack once more.

We'll just have to do more to pick up the slack.

The other three will pull together and pick up the slack, he thought.

He went out there and picked up the slack for me.