slip away

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.

Examples of slip away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Workers say that their jobs in the Golden State have slowly started to slip away, heading to places like New York, Canada and elsewhere overseas due to tax incentives. — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Those communities that built their economies around film production are now watching that lifeline slip away overseas. — Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026

The Eagles were pleasant mainstays of these channels, slipping right in alongside the bands that had inspired them and reminding listeners of a time that was slipping away. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

The former is a meditative number about the fear of clocks and the feeling that time is slipping away. — John Hugar, SPIN, 26 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for slip away

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