intransitive. To depart or withdraw secretly or surreptitiously from a place. Chiefly with adverb, as away, †forth, off, out, or const. from, out of.

intransitive. To slip away; cf. aslope, adj. adv.

intransitive. To creep away.

with adverbial accusative, to steal one's way (†in early use = to steal away). Now rare.

To go unperceived, quietly, or stealthily; to insinuate oneself, steal, ‘slip’ into, out of a place.

To slip away.

To glide away like a stream; to slip away, change position imperceptibly or stealthily; hence in wider sense, to flit, migrate, remove, vanish. Also…

To slink, sneak off. Also with away, off.

intransitive. To emerge slowly or tentatively; to slip away furtively. Also figurative. Now rare.

To walk stealthily or with averted looks; to slink away. Obsolete.

To move away, withdraw, depart; esp. to slip off unobserved. Now only with away.

intransitive with off or away: To slink away, sneak off. Also, to fall away from one's engagement.

To slip off or away; to move quietly or slyly in some direction; to sneak or hang about; to loiter, idle.

intransitive. To move or act in a manner characteristic or reminiscent of a ghost; (now) spec. to glide smoothly and effortlessly, esp. without…

intransitive. colloquial. To move or go in a smooth, quiet, or stealthy manner. Usually with adverbs, esp. in to oil out: to depart; (figurative)…