Slack off (on something) means reducing effort and doing something more slowly or with less energy than before.
The Nigerian phrase also shares the meaning that implies becoming less active or being lazy. A popular Nigerian expression comes to mind: ‘you dey slack’ - a common term for describing lack of effort.
It is safe to say that there is semantic retention in both the English and Nigerian phrases.
In both cases, the phrases function as verbs, describing an action or state of being which confirms that they share the common feature of being used in verb form.
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