slip away
v 1: leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and
many students slipped out when the instructor turned
towards the balckboard" [syn: {steal away}, {sneak away},
{sneak off}, {sneak out}]
2: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: {elapse}, {lapse}, {pass},
{slip by}, {glide by}, {go by}, {slide by}, {go along}]