to steal away or off
1steal away — verb leave furtively and stealthily (Freq. 1) The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard • Syn: ↑slip away, ↑sneak away, ↑sneak off, ↑sneak out • Hypernyms: ↑ …
2steal — O.E. stelan to commit a theft (class IV strong verb; past tense stæl, pp. stolen), from P.Gmc. *stelanan (Cf. O.S. stelan, O.N., O.Fris. stela, Du. stelen, O.H.G. stelan, Ger. stehlen, Goth. stilan), of unknown origin. Most IE words for steal… …
3steal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rob (see stealing); sneak, tiptoe, creep (see secret, travel). n., informal, bargain, good buy (see cheapness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, filch, bag, thieve, loot, rob, purloin, embezzle, defraud …
4slope off — (informal) LEAVE, go away, slip away, steal away, slink off, creep off, sneak off; informal push off, clear off. → slope * * * slope off (informal) To go away, esp suddenly or furtively, to decamp • • • Main Entry: ↑slope * * * ˌ …
5steal — [v1] take something without permission abduct, appropriate, blackmail, burglarize, carry off, cheat, cozen, defraud, despoil, divert, embezzle, heist, hold for ransom, hold up, housebreak*, keep, kidnap, lift*, loot, make off with*,… …
6steal´er — steal «steel», verb, stole, sto|len, steal|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to take (something) that does not belong to one; take dishonestly: »Robbers stole the money. Who steals my purse, st …
7steal — steal, *pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop are comparable when they mean to take another s possession without right and without his knowledge or permission. Steal, the commonest and most general of the group, can refer to any …
8sneak away — verb leave furtively and stealthily The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard • Syn: ↑slip away, ↑steal away, ↑sneak off, ↑sneak out • Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑g …
9steal — Synonyms and related words: abstract, acquire, adopt, advantageous purchase, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, bargain, boost, borrow, burglarize, burglary, buy, cabbage, caper, catch up, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch,… …
10steal — I. verb (stole; stolen; stealing) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; akin to Old High German stelan to steal Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a… …
