slip away meaning
UK /slɪp əˈweɪ/ US /slɪp əˈweɪ/ 3 syllables
slip away (verb): leave furtively and stealthily.
slip away has 2 meanings in this dictionary.
slip away as a verb
- leave furtively and stealthily
- The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard
Synonyms: steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out
Type of: leave
- pass by
- three years elapsed
Synonyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, go along
Type of: advance
Kinds: fly
slip away in a sentence
- I've got the opportunity, I won't let it slip away.
- It's too good an opportunity to let it slip away.
- Let's not let this opportunity slip away.
- That coward is slipping away.
- They slipped away unnoticed.
How to pronounce slip away
slip away is pronounced /slɪp əˈweɪ/ in British English and /slɪp əˈweɪ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.
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