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 latest setback came when Miami let a late lead slip away in a 29-27 Week 6 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 If she’s been taken, Julia reasons, Lovat can’t blame Davina for letting her slip away. Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025 That is the one that caused the game to slip away. Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 The game starts to slip away from him and Safdie gets his camera closer and closer, trying to home in on the human beings in the ring. David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 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 15 Oct. 2025.

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