slink away

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

Democrats can't slink away, or crouch, or cut and run against their own record.

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In the face of such a defiance the clerical party must fight fairly, or slink away as cravens.

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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.

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But if he suddenly turns and faces the animal, it will always slink away, even if he is quite unarmed.

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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.

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Why could he not slink away somewhere and live out his feeble existence unobserved?

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