SLIPAWAY

slip away

Verb

  1. To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
    I'm going to try to slip away from work early, if I can.
  2. (of time) to pass quickly, almost unnoticed.
    The months slipped away and became years.
  3. (of an advantage) To disappear.
    When Liverpool scored a third goal, their hopes of winning slipped away forever.
  4. To die
    He slipped away quietly in his sleep.


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