sneak past
Evade without detection
To sneak past is to move by someone or something without being detected: We snuck past the security guard while he was on his phone.
The phrase extends to getting something through unnoticed: They tried to sneak the clause past the committee.
It can also describe time passing without awareness: The deadline snuck past me.
- slinkMove furtively
- on tiptoeWalking on ball-feet
- tiptoeWalk on foot-fronts
- creepStealthy, slow movement
- sidestepEvade by moving aside
infiltrate · dart · checkpoint · sentries · security guard · slip · abscond · bypass · elude · patrol · duck out · circumvent · evade · blind spot · catlike · cunning · under the radar · covert ops
confrontation vs. avoidance
sneak pastpush through
Continue despite resistance
break through · power through · take on · force one's way · fight through
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