steal away

Verb

steal away (third-person singular simple present steals away, present participle stealing away, simple past stole away, past participle stolen away)

1. (intransitive) To leave secretively.
   • ⁠I do but sing because I must,
     And pipe but as the linnets sing:
     And unto one her note is gay,
     ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
     ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
     Because her brood is stol’n away.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36
   • I know it's late, whoa I can't wait / So come on and steal away / Please, steal away1964, Jimmy Hughes, “Steal Away”