phrase verb
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If someone's chance to win or achieve something disappears, it slips away.
The team didn't want to let the chance to win slip away.
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to leave without being noticed
He managed to slip away from the meeting without anyone seeing him.
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If someone dies, they slip away.
She slipped away peacefully in her sleep.
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If time seems to pass quickly, it slips away.
The summer slipped away before we knew it.
translation
If someone's chance to win or achieve something disappears, it slips away.; to leave without being noticed; If someone dies, they slip away.; If time seems to pass quickly, it slips away.