slip away
phrasal verb
slipped away; slipping away; slips away
1
: to pass out of existence
The afternoon quietly slipped away.
They saw their four-run lead slip away.
Their grandmother slipped away in her sleep last night.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
They slipped away from the party right after dinner.
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An 11-point fourth-quarter lead slipped away, falling short again in a tight loss.
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
At the same time, while tensions with Netanyahu were growing, a major opportunity was slipping away.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
However, after a tap from Jesse Love on the final lap of the race sent him into a spin and into the barriers, his hopes of securing win slipped away.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
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C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
At the same time, while tensions with Netanyahu were growing, a major opportunity was slipping away.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
However, after a tap from Jesse Love on the final lap of the race sent him into a spin and into the barriers, his hopes of securing win slipped away.
—Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slip away
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“Slip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20away. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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