slip away
phrasal verb
slipped away; slipping away; slips away
1
: to pass out of existence
The afternoon quietly slipped away.
They saw their four-run lead slip away.
Their grandmother slipped away in her sleep last night.
2
: to leave a place without being noticed
They slipped away from the party right after dinner.
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Cease is going to be a free agent after the season and is a prime candidate to be traded if the Padres' season starts to slip away from them.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is letting the promise of AI slip away
In the middle of all this tariff chaos, Trump’s AI strategy remains unclear.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
But for many, the record had already slipped away—if not in 1988 then in 2025, when Donald Trump became the U.S. president again and Gretzky was there to cheer him on too.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
The result: Wisconsin shot just 22.1% from the field and only 17.9% on 3-pointers as the game slipped away.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Trump is letting the promise of AI slip away
In the middle of all this tariff chaos, Trump’s AI strategy remains unclear.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
But for many, the record had already slipped away—if not in 1988 then in 2025, when Donald Trump became the U.S. president again and Gretzky was there to cheer him on too.
—Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
The result: Wisconsin shot just 22.1% from the field and only 17.9% on 3-pointers as the game slipped away.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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“Slip away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slip%20away. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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