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slip away

verb

Meaning

  1. To leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed.
  2. (of time) To pass quickly, almost unnoticed.
  3. (of an advantage) To disappear; to elude one.
  4. To die peacefully.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

slip by(English)steal away(English)lapse(English)elapse(English)go by(English)pass(English)go along(English)glide by(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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