slope off

slope off

1. To lie at a downward angle. This hill rose steeply before sloping off at a more gradual incline. Be careful—the riverbank slopes off very suddenly in places.
2. To leave or move away, especially in a quick, quiet, and furtive manner. One by one, the boys sloped off to avoid being punished for vandalizing the gymnasium walls. Tom and I sloped off to escape the dreadful party and get a drink by ourselves.
See also: off, slope
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • angle off
  • (I've) got to take off
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • (Now) where was I?
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
  • be off with you
  • break off
  • base off (of) (something else)