steal away en · VERB
Meanings
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(intransitive) To leave secretively.
I know it's late, whoa I can't wait / So come on and steal away / Please, steal away
1964, Jimmy Hughes, “Steal Away”: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.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| stole away | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| stealing away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| stolen away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| steals away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
de (sich) davonschleichen (leave secretively) · bg измъквам се незабелязано (leave secretively) · de sich davonstehlen (leave secretively) · ga éalaigh (leave secretively) · de (sich) wegschleichen (leave secretively)