Synonyms for slip away
slip away

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1. slip awayverb

   To leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed

   I'm going to try to slip away from work early, if I can.

   Synonyms:
   sneak off, slide off, slip off

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1. slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak outverb

   leave furtively and stealthily

   "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"

   Synonyms:
   slide by, glide by, steal away, slip by, go by, sneak away, go along, sneak off, sneak out, elapse, lapse, pass

2. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb

   pass by

   "three years elapsed"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, go by, draw, evanesce, continue, occur, die, sneak off, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, fall back, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, sneak out, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, play along, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, keep, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, glide by, sneak away, extend, decease, fall, pass, proceed, pass by, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, relapse, pass along, steal away, retrogress, slide by, go along, surpass, guide, backslide, pass on

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1. slip away

   Synonyms:
   escape, glide away, slide away

2. slip away

   Synonyms:
   sneak, skulk, slink, steal away, slink away

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1. Paul George:

   Very, very disappointing. Its as simple as that, we let this one slip away but it is what it is.

2. Dwyane Wade:

   Earlier in the season, we let some games like this slip away, we need to take care of business. This is the time of year where you have to win games that you are supposed to win.

3. Paul Bew:

   There was a real sense of, if we don’t do it now, the moment could slip away, everyone was focused on immediate peace and stability, not long-term politics. That meant the deal wasn’t perfect, but it did bring stability.

4. Rudy Gobert:

   We didn’t play our best and got behind by 16 points, but this time we didn’t let it slip away. We’re getting better and maybe learning some lessons.

5. Aristophanes:

   Man, though he be gray-headed when he comes back, soon gets a young wife. But a woman?s time is short within which she can expect to obtain a husband. If she allows it to slip away, no one cares to marry her. She sits at home, speculating on the probability of her marriage.