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slip

(slip)

1. To move out of a customary place; to dislocate (e.g., an intervertebral disk).

2. To slide into or on top of.

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Anne laughed and slipped away to Lover's Lane, where Gilbert found her; and neither of them seemed to entertain much fear, or hope, that their married life would cure them of romance.

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When the ceremony was over--can you believe it?--she slipped away before Miss Emily or I could speak to her.

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Then said a straw, 'I will lay myself across, and you may pass over upon me.' But as the mice were going over, the straw slipped away and fell into the water, and the six mice all fell in and were drowned.

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Tip slipped away from the girls and followed swiftly after the Soldier with the Green Whiskers.

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Summary: Shazia Saeed slipped away from the hotel after she reached Paris on a PIA flight

Pakistani air hostess reported missing from Paris hotel

And the all came one at a time and they just slipped away."

I get angry with it but that doesn't last longI just collapse in laughter; Comedian stays positive despite disease

"And they all came one at a time and they just slipped away, thank you.

Sir Billy Connolly says he is "near the end" in heartbreaking TV appearance; The legendary comedian said he can feel himself "slipping away" due to his Parkinson's disease

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is considering blacklisting more than 100 air hostesses after one of their crew members slipped away in Canadian capital Toronto.

PIA mulls blacklisting more than 100 air hostesses after Toronto incident

LAHORE -- A PIA flight attendant has slipped away in Canada and reportedly sought asylum there, it emerged on Tuesday.

Flight attendant slipped away in Canada: PIA

IRELAND lock Devin Toner admits a third consecutive Six Nations title may have slipped away following defeat in Paris.

We're relying on favours now; FRANCE .....10 IRELAND......9

After she walked away, I lifted the needle, dislodged my finger and slipped away to the restroom.