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Meanings of steal away in English

Leave furtively and stealthily.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "slip away"
        Examples for "slip away"
        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
        1
        If we try to just sneak away, the wyrmlings here will attack.
        Chaosbound
        2
        You sneak away into Holgersson's office when you think no-one is looking.
        Firewall
        3
        I know you're under heavy surveillance and it's hard to sneak away.
        Torment
        4
        We'll watch to see that they start rescue operations, then sneak away.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        5
        You ask me to turn my back on Evie and sneak away.
        The Wild Olive: A Novel
        1
        The few I have in the fort will sneak off, I suppose.
        Alice of Old Vincennes
        2
        You'll sneak off first chance you get-andwell do I know it.
        Outpost
        3
        He might be jist fooling and will sneak off into the woods.
        Rod of the Lone Patrol
        4
        And you should know better too than to sneak off like that.
        Torment
        5
        I had to sneak off with him upstairs, howling all the way.
        Boycotted, and Other Stories
        1
        She would also sneak out to his home, the court was told.
        News.com.au
        2
        I used to sneak out when I was younger and watch sometimes.
        Love- from his point of view!
        3
        He loves to sneak out, I suspect mainly to get my attention.
        Bones of the Lost
        4
        They are terrified she'll try and sneak out of the country again.
        News.com.au
        5
        Rob me and sneak out during the night, if you want to.
        The Brand of Silence: A Detective Story
        Usage of steal away in English
        1
        We are not conspirators that we need steal away in the darkness.
        His Sombre Rivals
        2
        Hens love to steal away and lay their eggs in secret places.
        The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays / Or, The Sham Battles at ...
        3
        Second, to steal away any magic we commanded, to render us impotent.
        The Tangle Box
        4
        Mrs. Brewster had seen Anne steal away and she understood the reason.
        Polly and Eleanor
        5
        You must learn to be cunning, and steal away his invincible bow.
        Philoktetes
        6
        She never goes out alone now, and could scarcely steal away unnoticed.
        When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
        7
        She intends to steal away back now, over to Europe, I think.
        Andrew the Glad
        8
        Doubtless, they had come to steal away the holy plant they worshipped.
        Allan and the Holy Flower
        9
        She would fain steal away unnoticed, as she hoped she had come.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
        10
        Gabbett approaches; he tries to evade him, and steal away into the bush.
        For the Term of His Natural Life
        11
        A poison to steal away the health and happiness of that social body.
        The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
        12
        She would simply steal away to the stables when no one was looking.
        The captive
        13
        He must steal away, in disguise if need be, and reach Pax alone.
        The Man Who Rocked the Earth
        14
        I steal away north and east under the aristocratic weeping rain.
        A singular man
        15
        The boy thought that after a while he would try to steal away.
        The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
        16
        The life-heat, the mystery that is being, seemed to steal away from her.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
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        Steal away through the time
        Steal away across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common