Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slide off

/slaɪd ˈɔf/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: slide off
IPA: /slaɪd ˈɔf/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see slide, off.

Example Sentences

"I'm going to try to slide off from work early, if I can."
"Soon as he could, he slid off to Jim's rooms to make sure he'd left nothing around that a journalist might pick on if a journalist were clever enough to make the connection, Ellis to Prideaux."
"Susan and I slid off to an Indian restaurant in Shepherd's Bush, and I slid off on to the floor."
"As Simone and the crowd praised Drew I slid off to the back hurt, ashamed, and pissed off."
"I slid off to follow her and I heard the scrape of a board on snow."
"If you knew your girl was sliding off with the next dude you telling me you wouldn't negatively react?"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /slaɪd ˈɔf/
British English: /slaɪd ˈɒf/

Inflected Forms

slides off (present, singular) sliding off (participle, present) slid off (participle, past) slid off (past)

Synonyms

slip away slip off sneak off

Questions

How do you pronounce slide off?: The recorded pronunciation is /slaɪd ˈɔf/.
What does slide off mean?: To leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.

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