| VERB | motion | slip away, steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out | leave furtively and stealthily |
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| motion | slip away, elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, go along | pass by |
| Meaning | Leave furtively and stealthily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | steal away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| See also | slip | move smoothly and easily |
| Spanish | escabullirse | |
| Meaning | pass by. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, go by, slide by, go along | |
| Narrower | fly, fell, vanish | pass away rapidly |
| Broader | advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on | Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense |
| See also | slip | move stealthily |
| Spanish | deslizarse, esfumarse, pasar, seguir, transcurrir, trascurrir | |
| Catalan | acabar, passar, transcórrer | |
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