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Meanings of slide away in English

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Usage of slide away in English
1
I'm just lovesick over the language, so I let him slide away.
Eat, pray, love: one woman's search for everything across italy,...
2
Matthew flicked the reins and watched the house slide away into darkness.
For my Country’s Freedom
3
He saw the boy slide away, and drop backward to the ground.
The Lost World
4
I unpick his fingers from my arm and slide away from him.
Waiting for the Barbarians
5
Pebbles slide away from my feet, sounding like raindrops as they fall.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
6
Nate watched it slide away, then turned back to the white suits.
Apocalypse of the Dead
7
It's a truth that tricks the eye; our glances slide away.
The king of lies
8
On and on he flew, and the earth seemed to slide away beneath.
Twilight Land
9
He held my eyes with his and didn't allow them to slide away.
A visible darkness
10
Pugwash tried to slide away, but the parrot held on tight.
Year Zero
11
It didn't take long for Bill's little pile of chips to slide away.
Sympathy for the devil
12
But, at a time of true test, President Zardari and his ministers slide away.
The Guardian
13
She didn't answer, but I felt the pillow slide away.
Savage
14
It did not tear free so much as slide away in a melted slurry.
The Fireman
15
He set them on the muddy shelves and watched them struggle to slide away.
The marrowbone marble company
16
There was something about that horn that made your attention slide away from it.
Sympathy for the devil
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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