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slip away

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slip away
1. to leave quickly and quietly. On the last night of conference, I decided to slip away for a few hours.
2. to slowly become less strong or able. She found her health rapidly slipping away. Every day a little more of his strength slips away.
3. 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.
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.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Also, she was compelled to let her great colonies slip away from her.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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.
The Secret Garden by Burnett, Frances Hodgson View in context
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