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slip away

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slip away 
1. and slip off to go away or escape quietly or in secret; to slip out. I slipped away when no one was looking. Let's slip off somewhere and have a little talk. I'll try to slip out for an hour or two when Tom is asleep.
2. Euph. to die. Uncle Charles slipped away in his sleep last night.
See also: away, slip

slip away
1. to leave quickly and quietly On the last night of conference, I decided to slip away for a few hours. Related vocabulary: duck out (of somewhere)
2. to be no longer available We're trying to keep the tradition alive, but it's starting to slip away. I let a great opportunity slip away.
3. to slowly become less strong or able She found her health rapidly slipping away. Every day a little more of his strength slips away.
4. to die The doctors worked quickly, but the old man was slipping away.
See also: away, slip


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The old year did not slip away in a green twilight, with a pinky-yellow sunset.
Also, she was compelled to let her great colonies slip away from her.
Medlock and Martha gladly slipped away, and after everything was neat and calm and in order the nurse looked as if she would very gladly slip away also.
 
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