slip away
To leave without being noticedTo leave without being noticed.
» Don't let this opportunity slip away.
Lass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen!
Meaning
4 sensesTo leave without being noticed.
I'm going to try to slip away from work early, if I can.
davonmachen
leave furtively and stealthily
To pass quickly, almost unnoticed.
The months slipped away and became years.
To disappear; to elude one; to recede; to dwindle.
(euphemistic)To die peacefully.
He slipped away quietly in his sleep.
Examples
34 sentencesDon't let this opportunity slip away.
deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — pullnosemans
Let's not let this chance slip away.
deLassen wir uns diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Let's not let this opportunity slip away.
deLassen wir uns diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom slipped away.
Let's slip away quietly.
ruДавайте улизнём потихоньку. — sharptoothed
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
slips away, slipping away, slipped away, slipped away| Base form | slip away · to slip away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | slips away |
| Present participle | slipping away |
| Past simple | slipped away |
| Past participle | slipped away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
11 phrasal verbs- slip upспіткнутися, спотикатисяTo err, falter; to make a mistake, especially a seemingly small error.
- slip offзняти, зніматиTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
- slip inвставити, вставлятиTo include (e.g. a certain word or phrase) into a sentence discreetly.
- slip awayпройти, проходитиTo leave without being noticed.
- slip byпройти, проходитиTo pass without being noticed or intercepted.
- slip outTo leave quietly and unnoticed.
- slip downTo be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.
- slip backTo return to a previous habit
Synonyms
15 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb