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What does "slippin' away" mean?
What does "slippin' away" mean?
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- Hindi
- English (US) Near fluent
Slipping away -
1. to leave quickly and quietly
->On the last night of conference, I decided to slip away for a few hours. Related vocabulary: duck out (of somewhere)
2. to be no longer available
->We're trying to keep the tradition alive, but it's starting to slip away. I let a great opportunity slip away.
3. to slowly become less strong or able
->She found her health rapidly slipping away. Every day a little more of his strength slips away.
4. to die
->The doctors worked quickly, but the old man was slipping away.
If a period of time slips away, it passes quickly: Time was slipping away and she had to make a decision soon.
If someone's power or the possibility of someone winning or achieving something slips away, it disappears: Political power was really in their hands and they let it slip away.
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- Hindi
- English (US) Near fluent
Slipping away -
1. to leave quickly and quietly
->On the last night of conference, I decided to slip away for a few hours. Related vocabulary: duck out (of somewhere)
2. to be no longer available
->We're trying to keep the tradition alive, but it's starting to slip away. I let a great opportunity slip away.
3. to slowly become less strong or able
->She found her health rapidly slipping away. Every day a little more of his strength slips away.
4. to die
->The doctors worked quickly, but the old man was slipping away.
If a period of time slips away, it passes quickly: Time was slipping away and she had to make a decision soon.
If someone's power or the possibility of someone winning or achieving something slips away, it disappears: Political power was really in their hands and they let it slip away.
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I really appreciate you in advance.
your answer to my question is so succinct and detailed clarification.
also your answer give me more help to make a sense this word.
in fact when I listern the Jean Shepard's song- slippin' away-on YouTube,
i wondered what that meant.
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- English (US) Near fluent
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