steal away

verb

To leave secretively.

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Meanings

verbsteal away (third-person singular simple present steals away, present participle stealing away, simple past stole away, past participle stolen away)

present singular third person steals away · participle present stealing away · past stole away · participle past stolen away

  1. intransitiveTo 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”
    1 more example

    ⁠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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbleave furtively and stealthily

Similar
slip awaysneak awaysneak offsneak outslip out
Broader
leavego forthgo away
Also see
abscondbestealslip awayslip outsneak out

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian измъквам се незабелязано
  • измъквам се незабелязано (izmăkvam se nezabeljazano)leave secretively
German (sich) davonschleichen, (sich) wegschleichen
  • (sich) davonschleichenleave secretively
  • (sich) wegschleichenleave secretively
  • sich davonstehlenleave secretively
Irish éalaigh
  • éalaighleave secretively
Cite this entry
APA

steal away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steal%20away

MLA

“steal away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steal%20away. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “steal away,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/steal%20away.

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