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to slip away
01
to depart quietly and without being noticed
Intransitive: to slip away | to slip away from a situation
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Movement verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
away
Base verb
slip
Present tense
slip away
3rd person singular
slips away
Present participle
slipping away
Past simple
slipped away
Past participle
slipped away
Examples
They managed to slip away from the crowded event without saying their goodbyes.
02
(of time) to go by without much conscious awareness
Intransitive
Examples
While engrossed in the movie, she let the evening slip away without realizing it.
