steal away

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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.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, Canto XXI, page 36:
      ⁠I do but sing because I must,
      And pipe but as the linnets sing:
      And unto one her note is gay,
      ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
      ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
      Because her brood is stol’n away.
    • 1964, Jimmy Hughes (lyrics and music), “Steal Away”:
      I know it's late, whoa I can't wait / So come on and steal away / Please, steal away

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