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Definition of Sneak off
1. Verb. Leave furtively and stealthily. "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Definition of Sneak off
1. Verb. To leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heard ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sneak Off
Literary usage of Sneak off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nathan Bailey's Dictionary, English-German and German-English: Englisch by Nathan Bailey (1810)
"... rra to put out of the way; ficb to withdraw, sneak off. ... sneak off, disappear.
gor 11 ф merj с n, vrn to give continual pain. gort fed ..."
2. The Criminal Prisons of London, and Scenes of Prison Life by Henry Mayhew, John Binny (1862)
"Belonging to the first variety, or those who sneak off with goods, arc "drag-sneaks,"
who make off with goods from carts or coaches; " snoozers," who sleep ..."
3. A Tagalog English and English Tagalog Dictionary by Charles Nigg (1904)
"... escape; slip off/ leave on the sly; sneak off; leave secretly. ... run away:
elope; sneak off; make off; leave secretly. ..."
4. South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke (1900)
"With ninety men against a thousand we should have had no show ; still, it was a
very bitter pill having to sneak off at night, leaving everything behind ..."
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