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 Translation for 'to slip away' from English to French
SYNO to elapse | to glide by | to go along | ...
s'échapperto slip away
s'esquiver [partir]to slip away
méd.psych.
s'amoindrir [facultés]
to slip away
s'éclipser [fig.] [s'en aller furtivement]to slip away [disappear stealthily]
5+ Words
se sauver comme un voleur [loc.]to slip away like a thief in the night [idiom]
Partial Matches
déraper [personne]to slip
vêt.
caraco {m}
slip
se glisserto slip
vêt.
fond {m} de robe
slip
glisserto slip
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matériel
antidérapant {adj} [aussi : anti-dérapant]
non-slip
matériel
antidérapant {adj} [aussi : anti-dérapant]
slip-free
textile
maille {f} glissée
slip stitch
psych.
lapsus {m}
Freudian slip
matériel
antidérapant {adj} [aussi : anti-dérapant]
slip-resistant
géol.
décrochement {m}
strike slip
faux pas {m}slip-up
alpin.sport
déraper [skis]
to side-slip
erreur {f}slip [mistake]
mégarde {f}slip [lapse]
méprise {f}slip [lapse]
jeuxsport
bulletin {m} de pari individuel
betting slip
avis {m} de refusrejection slip
fin.occup.
bulletin {m} de salaire
pay slip
ling.psych.
acte {m} manqué [langage]
Freudian slip
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Usage Examples English
  • The negotiations yielded no result but during the next six nights, Castro's troops managed to slip away unnoticed.
  • The growing rift between the Lords and the Commons finally came to a point of crisis when the fruits of the great victory at the Battle of Marston Moor were allowed to slip away at the disappointing Second Battle of Newbury.
  • Just as Lord Windermere is about to discover Lady Windermere's hiding place, Mrs Erlynne reveals herself instead, shocking all the men and allowing Lady Windermere to slip away unnoticed.
  • While the French were to occupy the town for over three months (the emperor celebrating his 43rd birthday there) the Russian army was able to slip away with minimal losses towards Smolensk.
  • The Danish soldier found it amusing and did not realise this "lazy farm boy" was in fact Gustav Vasa himself who managed to slip away from danger and escape death.

  • Welsh was known to slip away after training to secluded roadhouses where he would eat his favourite meal Chicken Maryland.
  • He waited until the last mountain stage to attack, which finished atop Alpe d'Huez, and was in the lead late in the stage but forgot to eat, which caused his lead to slip away.
  • Most of the ships managed to slip away to sea. Grenville who had many sick men ashore decided to wait for them.
  • At one point Jones made such an attempt to board the vessel, but she managed to slip away around the stern of "Virginia" in time.
  • Pete resolved to use this knowledge to help his friend, for example by creating a distraction to allow Clark to slip away from a dangerous situation without raising suspicion.

  • The leaking water pipe caused the ground to become lubricated, allowing the top layer to slip away from the lower part.
  • At the age of 30, Peters's career at the highest level began to slip away.
  • As more Union reinforcements arrived and charged into the breach, the position became untenable and the Confederates began to slip away individually, with no senior officers remaining to call a formal retreat.
  • He suggests giving Rambo a chance to escape; if Rambo is allowed to slip away, he'll be given time to calm down and he can be arrested without incident.
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