- slip away
- verb1. leave furtively and stealthily (Freq. 1)-
The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard
• Syn: ↑steal away, ↑sneak away, ↑sneak off, ↑sneak out• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
2. pass by (Freq. 1)-three years elapsed
• Syn:• Verb Frames:-Something ——s
-Something is ——ing PP
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depart without saying goodbye; leave quietly or surreptitiously■ slowly disappear; recede or dwindlehis ability to concentrate is slipping away
■ die peacefully (used euphemistically)he lay there and quietly slipped away
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slip away [phrasal verb]1 : to pass out of existenceThe afternoon quietly slipped away.
They saw their four-run lead slip away.
Their grandmother slipped away [=died] in her sleep last night.
2 : to leave a place without being noticedThey slipped away from the party right after dinner.
• • •Main Entry: ↑slip* * *
ˌslip aˈway derivedto stop existing; to disappear or die•
Their support gradually slipped away.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.