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slink away

Idioms

Also, slink off. Depart furtively, as in The shoplifter slipped an item into his coat pocket and slunk away, or After that severe scolding, she slunk off. This term employs slink in the sense of “move stealthily,” a usage dating from the late 1300s.

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slink away

“It’s a little bit like herding cats sometimes,” Kramer said of keeping volunteers from trying to slink away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

Do you slink away and count on the courts to sort it out?

From Salon ● May 13, 2025

So Dennis Swanson, the head of the ABC’s sports division, ordered Lampley to cover Mike Tyson’s first fight on network TV in the hopes, Lampley said, he would embarrass himself and slink away.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

"I tried to slink away and he was reeling me back," Annie says.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

Nearby, the yellow dog cringed and tried to slink away from Old Tallow’s glare.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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