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.
- 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)