slip away

Questions about slip away

What does slip away mean?

slip away means "leave furtively and stealthily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for slip away?

Close synonyms include steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, elapse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slip away a common word?

slip away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.