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slip away
verb as in decamp
verb as in depart
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in elope
Strongest match
Weak matches
verb as in escape
verb as in fly
verb as in go
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
verb as in lose
verb as in pass
Strong matches
Example Sentences
In the title story, a teacher pries apart a slow-dancing couple, only to confront how he let the love of his life slip away.
Few tried to escape, but Taylor managed to slip away to see her daughter across the street.
In 2010, Vika led Serena by 6–4, 4–0 at the Australian Open, only to watch her lead slip away.
It dazzled because it threatened to slip away at any moment.
Israel let a key regional ally slip away when it sparred with Turkey over an aid ship to the Gaza Strip last year.
You will stay here and play my part, and I shall slip away disguised in my clothes.
Sometimes he would try to step right on the back of a dog, but the dog would slip away from under him.
Taking out a piece of bread, he ate along with the guests, while watching that those he attended to did not slip away.
You may laugh if you like, but you should remember how ready he is to slip away with the unwary souls of people who laugh at him.
If he could fight a successful battle, his wagons would have time to slip away from Sheridan.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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