slide off
UK/slaɪd ˈɒf/US/slaɪd ˈɔf/
slide off verb: to leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
Verb
slide off (third-person singular simple present slides off, present participle sliding off, simple past and past participle slid off)
- To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
- I'm going to try to slide off from work early, if I can.
- Soon as he could, he slid off to Jim's rooms to make sure he'd left nothing around that a journalist might pick on if a journalist were clever enough to make the connection, Ellis to Prideaux.1974 June, John Le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, London: Hodder & Stoughton; republished in The Quest for Karla, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, page 162
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slide, off.
- Make sure your cup doesn't slide off the tray.
Synonyms of slide off
Forms of slide off
| third-person singular present | slides off |
|---|---|
| present participle | sliding off |
| past participle | slid off |
| past | slid off |
Questions about slide off
- What does slide off mean?
- Slide off means to leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
- What part of speech is slide off?
- Slide off is a verb.
- How do you pronounce slide off?
- Slide off is pronounced /slaɪd ˈɒf/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of slide off?
- The past tense of slide off is slid off.
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