Sloping out

Context please. Does the sentence refer to a graph, or to information that might be graphed?

If you're standing on an elevated piece of land, you could use "sloping out" to describe the terrain which gradually spread out like a fan below you, leading at a regular, moderate degree of slope, toward a lower plain, or lower elevation. Or something like that!

Hi

Could it possibly be 'slopping out' - undertaken by prisoners?

I have only ever heard this to mean sneaking out, trying to leave without being noticed.

'Sloping out' might be used where there is a room or building: "This lecture is boring, I'll just slope out."

Out in the open, it is more usual to say 'slope off': "I think I'll slope off now, I have homework to do."

You must at least have a sentence or a phrase or some sort of an idea about the kind of people who might use this expression.

Thanks in advance for the context.

Hi,

I agree with Patrick, ie it sounds like British slang. I haven't heard this from N. Americans.

Clive