slip away
verb
1 slip away
Leave furtively and stealthily.
synonyms: sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away.
Roget 623:
abstain,
refrain,
spare,
not attempt;
not do
etc.
681;
maintain the even tenor of one's way.
eschew,
keep from,
let alone,
have nothing to do with;
keep aloof keep off,
stand aloof,
stand off,
hold aloof,
hold off;
take no part in,
have no hand in.
avoid,
shun;
steer clear of,
keep clear of;
fight shy of;
keep one's distance,
keep at a respectful distance;
keep out of the way,
get out of the way;
evade,
elude,
turn away from;
set one's face against
etc.
(oppose)
708;
deny oneself.
shrink back;
hang back,
hold back,
draw back;
recoil
etc.
277;
retire
etc.
(recede)
287;
flinch,
blink,
blench,
shy,
shirk,
dodge,
parry,
make way for,
give place to.
beat a retreat;
turn tail,
turn one's back;
take to one's heels;
runaway,
run for one's life;
cut and run;
be off like a shot;
fly,
flee;
fly away,
flee away,
run away from;
take flight,
take to flight;
desert,
elope;
make off,
scamper off,
sneak off,
shuffle off,
sheer off;
break away,
tear oneself away,
slip away,
slink away,
steel away,
make away from,
scamper away from,
sneak away from,
shuffle away from,
sheer away from;
slip cable,
part company,
turn one's heel;
sneak out of,
play truant,
give one the go by,
give leg bail,
take French leave,
slope,
decamp,
flit,
bolt,
abscond,
levant,
skedaddle,
absquatulat [U.S.],
cut one's stick,
walk one's chalks,
show a light pair of heels,
make oneself scarce;
escape
etc.
671;
go away
etc.
(depart)
293;
abandon
etc.
624;
reject
etc.
610.
lead one a dance,
lead one a pretty dance;
throw off the scent,
play at hide and seek.
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Roget 671:
escape,
scape;
make one's escape,
effect one's escape,
make good one's escape;
break jail;
get off,
get clear off,
get well out of;
echapper belle [Fr.],
save one's bacon,
save one's skin;
weather the storm
etc.
(safe)
664;
escape scot-free.
elude
&c.,
make off
etc.
(avoid)
623;
march off
etc.
(go away)
293;
give one the slip;
slip through the hands,
slip through the fingers;
slip the collar,
wriggle out of prison,
break out,
break loose,
break loose from prison;
break away,
slip away,
get away;
find vent,
find a hole to creep out of.
disappear,
vanish.
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2 slip away
Pass by.
synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip by.
Dutch: omgaan, verglijden, verlopen, verstrijken, vervlieden, vlieden, voorbijgaan
Moby thesaurus: bow out, creep out of, depart, disappear, duck out, escape, exit, find a loophole, go on furlough, go on leave, leave the scene, mooch off, shuffle out of, skulk away, slide off, slide out of, slink off, slip off, slip out, slip out of, slip through, slither off, sneak off, sneak out, sneak out of, sneak through, squirm out of, steal away, take leave, worm out of, wriggle out of ... show more.
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