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steal away
verb as in abscond
verb as in elope
verb as in escape
verb as in fly
verb as in lam
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bail out
- break out
- burst out
- cut and run
- cut loose
- duck out
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- play hooky
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- slip away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- work out of
- wriggle out
Example Sentences
He must have been watching for it; perchance had heard that I sometimes like to steal away alone for a little ramble.
Admiral Bluewater dozes, and mother has permitted me to steal away.
Whenever a herd was near, Ruth would slip from the house and steal away to them in the night, A stampede usually followed.
At length, however, wearied nature could be charmed no more, and the company began to steal away by degrees to their repose.
He had taken advantage of the confusion occasioned by the figure, to steal away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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