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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Slight changes in the assumptions a mathematical model is built on can cause tipping points to unfold very differently or even slip away entirely.
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Yeo, who posts about books on TikTok and Instagram, similarly felt her sense of self slipping away.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
There was no tease with a quick start, no slow drip of the game slipping away, pretty much no hope at all by the end of the first inning.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Act decisively now, with franchisees and shareholders aligned, or watch value slip away.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Yeo, who posts about books on TikTok and Instagram, similarly felt her sense of self slipping away.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
There was no tease with a quick start, no slow drip of the game slipping away, pretty much no hope at all by the end of the first inning.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Act decisively now, with franchisees and shareholders aligned, or watch value slip away.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 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 22 Sep. 2025.
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