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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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How to use slink away in a sentence

Democrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.
Democrats Must Run on Obamacare in November|Robert Shrum|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the face of such a defiance the clerical party must fight fairly, or slink away as cravens.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
They had signed on for this voyage and at the last minute tried to slink away, but have been caught and forced back to their work.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
But if he suddenly turns and faces the animal, it will always slink away, even if he is quite unarmed.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

In the first place, it dreads the very face of man, and as a rule, 19 whenever it sees a man will slink away and hide itself.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
Why could he not slink away somewhere and live out his feeble existence unobserved?
Turns about Town|Robert Cortes Holliday