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Meanings of slip away in English

Portuguese
ir
Spanish
seguir

Pass by.

      ir

      Leave furtively and stealthily.

            Usage of slip away in English
            1
            A year ago, however, that name started to slip away from her.
            Blind willow, sleeping woman
            2
            Gregor watched us to make sure we didn't try to slip away.
            Conrad’s Fate
            3
            At some point she felt Truitt slip away from her, lose consciousness.
            A reliable wife
            4
            Funny, people were always warning Taylor not to let Baldwin slip away.
            The cold room
            5
            She would not give up; would not let his life slip away.
            A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today
            6
            Our fellows have got to slip away quietly in twos and threes.
            Hyacinth
            7
            He'd done his best to slip away unobtrusively from his gathered crew.
            Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
            8
            I could feel any hope of making her like me slip away.
            Another life altogether: a novel
            9
            The bleached men began to yawn, the medicated women to slip away.
            Trail's End
            10
            Hypothermics are eerily preserved, if bluish, at the moment they slip away.
            Bones on Ice
            11
            Then we'd slip away from the hospital, carefully detouring to avoid Hector.
            Too close to home
            12
            As if in slow motion, I watched the final grip slip away.
            Climbing Magazine
            13
            He felt consciousness slip away and then, to his intense frustration, return.
            The vaults
            14
            The Mahdi Army was being allowed to slip away, like Muqtada himself.
            The forever war
            15
            I changed the painful subject, and soon found excuse to slip away.
            Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
            16
            It was as though she could feel her begin to slip away.
            Jewels
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            Translations for slip away
            Portuguese
            ir
            Slip away through the time
            Slip away across language varieties
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            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            Australia
            Common
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