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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The holidays are a time for family, but sometimes adults need to slip away from the kids.
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Nate Trela, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, their season – and maybe the division – could slip away in Baltimore.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Layered onto that economic fragility is a fear that the future of work itself is slipping away.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2025
Friday’s title tilt also demonstrated the Horned Frogs’ growth in the limited time since seeing Michigan, as TCU avoided letting a halftime lead slip away to the Wolverines’ Big Ten Conference counterparts, Wisconsin.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
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Nate Trela, AZCentral.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Otherwise, their season – and maybe the division – could slip away in Baltimore.
—Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
Layered onto that economic fragility is a fear that the future of work itself is slipping away.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2025
Friday’s title tilt also demonstrated the Horned Frogs’ growth in the limited time since seeing Michigan, as TCU avoided letting a halftime lead slip away to the Wolverines’ Big Ten Conference counterparts, Wisconsin.
—Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Slip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20away. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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