"steal away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: steals away [present, singular, third-person], stealing away [participle, present], stole away [past], stolen away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|steal<,,stole,stolen> away}} steal away (third-person singular simple present steals away, present participle stealing away, simple past stole away, past participle stolen away)
  1. (intransitive) To leave secretively. Tags: intransitive Translations (leave secretively): измъквам се незабелязано (izmǎkvam se nezabeljazano) (Bulgarian), (sich) davonschleichen (German), (sich) wegschleichen (German), sich davonstehlen (German), éalaigh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-steal_away-en-verb-HTRLR-gE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for steal away meaning in English (1.8kB)

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          "sense": "leave secretively",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "leave secretively",
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      "word": "измъквам се незабелязано"
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      "sense": "leave secretively",
      "word": "(sich) davonschleichen"
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      "sense": "leave secretively",
      "word": "(sich) wegschleichen"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "leave secretively",
      "word": "sich davonstehlen"
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      "sense": "leave secretively",
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