slink away

slink away

To leave or retreat in a quiet, sneaky, inconspicuous, or furtive manner. The would-be burglar slunk away after tripping the alarm. I knew the teacher wanted to lecture me about the poor results on my test, so I made a plan to slink away as soon as the bell rang. No matter who I'm rooting for, it always breaks my heart to watch the losing team slink away at the end of the game.
See also: away, slink
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

slink away

to creep or slither away furtively. The fox slunk away, leaving the henhouse as quietly as such a thing is possible. I hope that the skunk will slink away as quietly as it came.
See also: away, slink
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

slink away

Also, slink off. Depart furtively, as in The shoplifter slipped an item into his coat pocket and slunk away, or After that severe scolding, she slunk off. This term employs slink in the sense of "move stealthily," a usage dating from the late 1300s.
See also: away, slink
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • slink off
  • slink out
  • slink into (some place)
  • slink in
  • sneak in
  • sneak in(to some place)
  • sneak away
  • sneak away (from some place)
  • sneak out
  • sneak out (of some place)
References in periodicals archive
Scots will still descend on France next summer, but mercifully will slink away as soon as Andy Murray (below) exits the French Open.
All Ali can do is to apologise, mention his poor memory and slink away, hoping that she will put it down to a late-night flight.
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And the one where it's never occurred to the children to actually deliver a 'trick' if they don't get a treat; instead they simply slink away with sad little faces to go Halloween...
And still others try to slink away from the lights while clothed in the drab, everyday disguise of bureaucratic double-speak, as happened at a State Department press conference in Washington on Monday, at which a reporter wondered how America, once the leader of a global war on terrorism, would respond to the announcement of a Palestinian unity government that would include Hamas, which the State Department has clearly and repeatedly designated as a global terrorist organization.
12 ( ANI ): Researchers have found that Wild Asian elephants slink away when they hear a tiger roar but trumpet and growl before retreating from leopard growls.
Don't slink away. You see, we are all on the water but there is no need to build a boat because it would be burnt in an instant.
It is supposed to come from the French word esquiver, meaning to dodge or slink away.
Would they slink away into the shadows and drop the scheme?
Next time a guy says, "What's up?" try to smile and say, "Not much, you?" If you slink away, he may assume you're stuck up (not shy) and not be bold enough himself to approach you again.
Let them leave if they wish, but before they slink away let's make sure they pay their dues.
LULU 3.11.1948 She's a survivalist Scorpio, the sign noted for being able to slink away from the worst of disasters, go into a quiet cocoon, then re-emerge, reinvented.
The cats slink away to sleep while a city wakes up to another day.
As the mother of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie she cannot slink away quietly.
There are two types of activists: those who revel in the spotlight, and those who would rather slink away from it when the speech is over.