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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Another opportunity the Los Angeles Chargers let slip away.
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Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Her sister, Kali, has the power to create illusions, so the Eleven that everyone witnessed in her final moments could have been fake, and the real Eleven could have slipped away without being detected.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
For Wild coach John Hynes, the mental and physical re-set after the loss in Los Angeles was the key to finding their legs late and not letting the trip’s finale slip away.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
The screens, the box-outs, the physicality that never shows up on the stat sheet but keeps games from slipping away.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Daniel Popper, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Her sister, Kali, has the power to create illusions, so the Eleven that everyone witnessed in her final moments could have been fake, and the real Eleven could have slipped away without being detected.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Jan. 2026
For Wild coach John Hynes, the mental and physical re-set after the loss in Los Angeles was the key to finding their legs late and not letting the trip’s finale slip away.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
The screens, the box-outs, the physicality that never shows up on the stat sheet but keeps games from slipping away.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
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 14 Jan. 2026.
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