"slope off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: slopes off [present, singular, third-person], sloping off [participle, present], sloped off [participle, past], sloped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slope off (third-person singular simple present slopes off, present participle sloping off, simple past and past participle sloped off)
  1. (informal, intransitive) To depart quietly, without being noticed. Tags: informal, intransitive Translations (Translations): escaquearse (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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