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.
Examples of slip away in a Sentence
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For the second time in four days, the Marlins saw an early lead slip away after turning the game over to their bullpen and couldn’t fully recover.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Meandering elsewhere, the feline can move a box and discover hole and slip away beneath a fence.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
The University of Arkansas women's basketball team let a 14-point second-half lead slip away and dropped a critical NCAA Tournament bubble matchup in a 73-67 loss to Texas A&M on Thursday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
—Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
As humans continue to burn fossil fuels and pump increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the goal of holding global warming to a relatively safe level, 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with preindustrial times, is slipping away.
—Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Those four suspects slipped away before the indictment was filed in 2016.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
In a scene reminiscent of one in Twain, Jim suggests that Huck slip away for a while, in a feminine disguise, to scope the happenings onshore.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
When the local sheriff's department and Animal Humane Society arrived on the scene to bring the cats to vets and shelters, Hercules slipped away, WCCO reported.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Opportunity could be slipping away at the summit known as COP28, being held in Dubai.
—Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Meandering elsewhere, the feline can move a box and discover hole and slip away beneath a fence.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
The University of Arkansas women's basketball team let a 14-point second-half lead slip away and dropped a critical NCAA Tournament bubble matchup in a 73-67 loss to Texas A&M on Thursday night at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas.
—Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 23 Feb. 2024
As humans continue to burn fossil fuels and pump increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, the goal of holding global warming to a relatively safe level, 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with preindustrial times, is slipping away.
—Christopher Flavelle Ian C. Bates, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
Those four suspects slipped away before the indictment was filed in 2016.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
In a scene reminiscent of one in Twain, Jim suggests that Huck slip away for a while, in a feminine disguise, to scope the happenings onshore.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
When the local sheriff's department and Animal Humane Society arrived on the scene to bring the cats to vets and shelters, Hercules slipped away, WCCO reported.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Opportunity could be slipping away at the summit known as COP28, being held in Dubai.
—Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Slip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20away. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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