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Slip Away

 
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1.  See let slip out.
2.  Also, slip away or off. Leave quietly and unobtrusively, as in She slipped out without telling a soul, or Let's slip away before the sermon, or Jason and Sheila slipped off to Bermuda. The use of slip with away dates from about 1450; out from the first half of the 1500s; off from the mid-1800s.

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WordNet: slip away
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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: leave furtively and stealthily
  Synonyms: steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out

Meaning #2: pass by, as of time
  Synonyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, go along

Wikipedia: Slip Away
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For other uses, see Slip Away (disambiguation).

"Slip Away" is a song written by David Bowie for the album Heathen in 2002. This is a tribute to Uncle Floyd and it was originally intended with that name for the unreleased album Toy in 2001.

Live versions

Other releases

  • A slightly longer version (6'14" vs 6'04") appears on the SACD version of Heathen.

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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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