Slip away
Consider the following paragraph:
"His cavalry gained contact before noon with Thielemann's corps, which was resting at Gembloux, but the enemy was allowed to slip away and contact was lost for want of a serious effort to keep it."
Does the verb 'to slip away' imply a secretive action?
(It's my idea that it might be, but the sentence suggests the opposite.)
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Christine Christie Does the verb 'to slip away' imply a secretive action? Normally, yes, but I can't tell here. There is some implication of "slipping through one's fingers", a lost opportunity through inaction.
- Christine Christie Does the verb 'to slip away' imply a secretive action?
- Normally, yes, but I can't tell here.
- There is some implication of "slipping through one's fingers", a lost opportunity through inaction.
- On then other hand, if you slip away, you leave quietly, unnoticed.
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Christine ChristieDoes the verb 'to slip away' imply a secretive action?
Normally, yes, but I can't tell here. There is some implication of "slipping through one's fingers", a lost opportunity through inaction. On then other hand, if you slip away, you leave quietly, unnoticed.
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