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)
- (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
Translations[edit]
leave secretively
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