slipped away
Left without notice
Slipped away describes quiet, unnoticed departure—either physical or metaphorical.
Someone slips away from a party without goodbyes.
Time slips away when you're absorbed in something.
A person slips away when dying peacefully: She slipped away in her sleep.
Opportunities slip away if not seized.
The phrase suggests gradual, gentle transition rather than abrupt change.
- fledEscaped from danger
- escapedGot away from confinement
- eludedAvoided being caught
- evadedSuccessfully avoided capture
- departedHaving left
vanished · ghosted · slipped through the cracks · lapsed · dwindled · disappeared · withdrew · faded · absconded · dodged · bolt · ducked out · decamped · forgotten · expired · breath · crept · fog
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- regretswhat if, hindsight, second thoughts, wrong choice, squandered
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- close callsclose call, near miss, narrow escape, close shave, nick of time
- expressions about forgetfulnessslipped my mind, drew a blank, blanked out, absentminded, memory like a sieve
slipped awayarrived
Reached one's destination
appeared · showed up · materialized · turned up · came in
slipped awaystayed put
Continued in place
remained · held on · stuck around · lingered
slip, away, slippery, slipper, slipping, slips, slippage, slipperiness, side-slip