to slip away

Examples

• All

• But we're seeing that start to slip away a little bit.

  Rich Roll

• There are days now when so much seems to be slipping away.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We let it slip away, you know?

  Serendipity (2001)

• How could we let it slip away?

  Three Kings (1999)

• Catch your dreams before they slip away

  Coming Home (1978)

• Time passes, and we let piece after piece of our lives slip away.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Meanwhile, time is just slipping away.

  Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)

• But this was gradually becoming a nominal position, as power slipped away from him.

  Academic text (1992)

• With the time that is continually slipping away from us, we need to manage our priorities to maximize the time we have.

  Evan Carmichael

• The power inherent in controlling and issuing money began slipping away from the rulers.

  Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)

Synonyms

P

to pass

vsto slip away

761 1.0

To spend time doing something

adds the sense of slow unnoticed flow rather than neutral timing

G

to go by

vsto slip away

268 1.0

For time to pass

points to gradual unseen passing rather than neutral movement

F

to fly by

vsto slip away

23 3.3

To seem to pass very quickly, especially time

means slow gradual or unnoticed passing rather than rapid movement

E

to elapse

vsto slip away

19 5.1

Time passes without being noticed

emphasizes slow gradual flow rather than steady measured intervals

P

to pass by

vsto slip away

17 3.0

Go past without being noticed or taken

highlights gradual unseen passing rather than something being ignored

S

to slip by

vsto slip away

11 3.8

To go past quickly without anyone noticing, as with time or chances

describes slower gradual passing rather than rapid or sudden occurrence

S

to slide by

vsto slip away

2 4.2

Time passes smoothly without you noticing

focuses on slow gradual passing rather than only smooth motion

L

to lapse

vsto slip away

1 4.0

To pass, as time between events

focuses on gradual unnoticed passage rather than mere movement past time

G

to glide by

vsto slip away

1 3.9

Time that passes quickly without you noticing

highlights gradual drawn out passing rather than fast smooth movement

Antonyms

L

to linger

207 3.7

To stay in a place longer than expected because you do not want to leave

How Fast

to fly by

16 2.2

to slip away

32 3.0

to pass

∞ 1.0

to linger

207 3.7

drag

• Informal

80 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology