slip away
phrasal verb
slipped away; slipping away; slips away
1
: to pass out of existence
The afternoon quietly slipped away.
They saw their four-run lead slip away.
Their grandmother slipped away in her sleep last night.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
They slipped away from the party right after dinner.
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Gunther pummeled Goldberg with his own knee brace as hope began to slip away from Bill.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Lance Stroll watched his podium chances slip away as Nico Hülkenberg and Lewis Hamilton passed the Aston Martin driver, then those two ended up in a podium battle of their own as Hamilton tried to chase down Hülkenberg but couldn’t close the gap in the amount of laps left.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Brown said the goal of intimate partner violence is always for the abusive partner to maintain control over their significant other, and once that control starts to slip away, the abusive behavior may escalate.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 July 2025
The Valkyries looked poised to let the game slip away after the Fever went on a 10-0 run to take a 13-point lead midway through the third quarter.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
Lance Stroll watched his podium chances slip away as Nico Hülkenberg and Lewis Hamilton passed the Aston Martin driver, then those two ended up in a podium battle of their own as Hamilton tried to chase down Hülkenberg but couldn’t close the gap in the amount of laps left.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Brown said the goal of intimate partner violence is always for the abusive partner to maintain control over their significant other, and once that control starts to slip away, the abusive behavior may escalate.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 July 2025
The Valkyries looked poised to let the game slip away after the Fever went on a 10-0 run to take a 13-point lead midway through the third quarter.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for slip away
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“Slip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20away. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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