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slip away

slip away: Phr.: furtim (clam) abire, se subducere: v. TO WITHDRAW, and SECRETLY.

/* slip from } slip out } */

1. ēlābor, 3: to s. out of one's hands, e. e manibus alicujus, Cic. de Or. 2, 50, init.: also absol., he is an eel; he will s. out of your hands, anguilla est; elabetur, Pl. Ps. 2, 4, 57: to s. out of one's recollection, memoria s., Cic. Ph. 13, 5, 11.

2. excĭdo, di, 3 (to drop out; escape from): he will s. out of his fetters, excidet e vinclis, Virg. G. 4, 410. Esp. of the memory: de memoria ex., Liv. 29, 19, fin.: so, animo, pectore ex.: v. TO FORGET, fin.

3. fluo, xi, xum, 3: their weapons will s. from their hands, fluent arma de manibus, Cic. Ph. 12, 3, 8. So effluo, Lucr. 6, 798.

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