"slide off" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /slaɪd ˈɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /slaɪd ˈɔf/ [General-American] Forms: slides off [present, singular, third-person], sliding off [participle, present], slid off [participle, past], slid off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|slide<,,slid> off}} slide off (third-person singular simple present slides off, present participle sliding off, simple past and past participle slid off)
  1. To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off. Synonyms (leave): slip away, slip off, sneak off
    Sense id: en-slide_off-en-verb-Ul6CGGVI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 75 25 Disambiguation of 'leave': 100 0
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slide, off.
    Sense id: en-slide_off-en-verb-ikws6zZe

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2010 December 16, Lamont Z. Brown, “Standing within His Shadow”, in Between the Gates of Heaven and Hell: My Crazy Crayola World, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, page 10",
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