Meaning

4 senses
  1. To leave without being noticed.

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

    davonmachen

    leave furtively and stealthily

  2. To pass quickly, almost unnoticed.

    The months slipped away and became years.

  3. To disappear; to elude one; to recede; to dwindle.

  4. (euphemistic)To die peacefully.

    He slipped away quietly in his sleep.

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Don't let this opportunity slip away.

    deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — pullnosemans

  2. Let's not let this chance slip away.

    deLassen wir uns diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Let's not let this opportunity slip away.

    deLassen wir uns diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom slipped away.

  5. Let's slip away quietly.

    ruДавайте улизнём потихоньку. — sharptoothed

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Translations

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By meaning 1
to leave a place without being noticed:

Forms

slips away, slipping away, slipped away, slipped away
Base formslip away · to slip away
3rd person singularslips away
Present participleslipping away
Past simpleslipped away
Past participleslipped away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyslip away
he, she, itslips away

Past simpleLesson

all personsslipped away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave slipped away
he, she, ithas slipped away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill slip away

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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