'slip away' definitions:

Definition of 'slip away'

(from WordNet)
verb
Leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" [syn: slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out]
verb
Pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along]

Synonyms of 'slip away'

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