slope off
UK informal— phrasal verb with slope uk/sləʊp/us/sloʊp/verb [ I ]
to leave somewhere quietly so that you are not noticed, usually to avoid work:
I saw you sloping off just after lunch yesterday!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Departing
- abandon
- absquatulate
- backward
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog
- desertion
- drive
- go down
- hit
- parting
- piss
- push along
- push off
- ready
- road
- run
- run away
- sally
- walk out
- without (so much as) a backward glance idiom
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