Antonyms for slip away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : slip |
| Phonetic Transcription : slɪp |
- accept
- achieve
- aid
- appear
- arrive
- assist
- be born
- be willing
- break
- capture
- cease
- combine
- come
- come in
- confront
- continue
- create
- dally
- dawdle
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- delay
- deny
- disagree
- encounter
- enter
- face
- fail
- fall behind
- fill
- get
- halt
- help
- hold
- hold on to
- join
- keep
- keep to
- land
- linger
- live
- lose
- maintain
- meet
- mismatch
- miss
- occupy
- persevere
- procrastinate
- receive
- refuse
- remain
- rest
- rush
- slow
- stand
- stay
- stay on ground
- stop
- succeed
- surrender
- take
- take on
- use
- veto
- wait
- walk
- win
Definition of slip away
Origin :- early 14c., "to escape, to move softly and quickly," from an unrecorded Old English word or cognate Middle Low German slippen "to glide, slide," from Proto-Germanic *slipan (cf. Old High German slifan, Middle Dutch slippen, German schleifen "to glide, slide"), from PIE *sleib-, from root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (see slime (n.)).
- From mid-14c. with senses "lose one's footing," "slide out of place," "fall into error or fault." Sense of "pass unguarded or untaken" is from mid-15c. That of "slide, glide" is from 1520s. Transitive sense from 1510s; meaning "insert surreptitiously" is from 1680s. Related: Slipped; slipping. To slip up "make a mistake" is from 1855; to slip through the net "evade detection" is from 1902.
- As in lose : verb escape, avoid
- As in pass : verb go by, elapse; move onward
- As in lam : verb escape
- As in decamp : verb depart suddenly
- As in depart : verb leave, retreat
- As in elope : verb run away to be married
- As in escape : verb break away from
- As in fly : verb run or pass swiftly
- As in go : verb elapse
- She had taken advantage of his momentary absorption to slip away.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- He was glad indeed when he could slip away for a dance with Madeline.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- He had a feeling that she was about to slip away from him, so he got up.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- A few panic-stricken, began to slip away, but the mass were faithful.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- Directly she could slip away from her guests Mrs Fyne ran upstairs.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- She would have to slip away without attracting the notice of the dog.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Directly she could slip away from her guests Mrs. Fyne ran upstairs.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Moyne wanted me to slip away with him to the billiard room; but I refused to do so.
- Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham
- "We'll just have to slip away without his knowing it next time," says Pinckney.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- My friends had managed to slip away unseen and were headed for the Argos.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
Synonyms for slip away
- abandon
- abdicate
- abscond
- absent
- avoid
- bail out
- barrel
- be spent
- beat it
- befall
- blast off
- blow
- blow past
- bolt
- break camp
- break out
- breeze
- burst out
- career
- catch
- circumvent
- clear
- clear out
- come off
- come to pass
- come up
- crawl
- cross
- cruise
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- develop
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- drag
- duck
- duck out
- elapse
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- emigrate
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- exit
- expire
- fall out
- fare
- flee
- flit
- flow
- fly
- fly by
- fly the coop
- get ahead
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- git
- give
- give someone the slip
- give the slip
- glide
- glide by
- go
- go away
- go forth
- go like the wind
- go past
- go scot-free
- go secretly
- go to Gretna Green
- happen
- hasten
- head for the hills
- hie
- hightail
- hit the bricks
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- hurry
- hustle
- journey
- lapse
- leave
- leave behind
- linger
- make a break
- make a break for it
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- make tracks
- march out
- migrate
- move
- move on
- move out
- occur
- outrun
- part
- pass
- pass away
- pass by
- perish
- play hooky
- proceed
- progress
- pull out
- push on
- quit
- race
- reach
- remove
- repair
- retire
- rid
- rise
- roll
- run
- run away
- run by
- run its course
- run off
- run out
- run out on
- rush
- sally forth
- say goodbye
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- secede
- set forth
- shake
- shake off
- shoot
- shove off
- shun
- skedaddle
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- slip out
- speed
- split
- sprint
- start
- start out
- steal away
- stray
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take on the lam
- take place
- tear
- tergiversate
- throw off
- transpire
- travel
- troop
- unburden
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- wander from
- waste away
- wend
- whiz
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
- zoom
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