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Verb: steal away  steel u'wey
  1. Leave furtively and stealthily
    "The lecture was boring and many students stole away when the instructor turned towards the blackboard";
    - slip away, sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, slip out

Derived forms: steals away, stealing away, stole away

Type of: go away, go forth, leave, off [informal]