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sloping off

sloping off is the present participle and gerund of slope off.

Meaning of slope off

Verb

slope off (third-person singular simple present slopes off, present participle sloping off, simple past and past participle sloped off)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To depart quietly, without being noticed.

Questions about sloping off

What is sloping off the present participle and gerund of?
Sloping off is the present participle and gerund of slope off.

Words near sloping off in the dictionary

  1. slopify
  2. slopifying
  3. slopiness
  4. sloping
  5. Sloping Main
  6. sloping off
  7. slopingly
  8. slopingness
  9. slopings
  10. slopocalypse
  11. slopocalypses

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