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Take french leave

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take a french leaveverbObsolete form of take French leave, with particular reference to a single act. [To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out.]
slip outverbTo leave quietly and unnoticed.
slip awayverbTo leave without being noticed.
slide offverbTo leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.
skipnounA leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
slip offverbTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being noticed
get outverb(intransitive) To leave or escape.
dip outverb(informal, idiomatic) To leave a place without informing anyone.
cut outverb(transitive) To remove; to omit.
leaveverb(transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
walk outverb(intransitive) To leave suddenly, especially as a form of protest.
take one's leaveverb(idiomatic) To depart.
outslipverb(obsolete, transitive) To escape, to slip away from.
go outverb(idiomatic) To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
departverb(intransitive) To leave.
forleaveverb(ambitransitive, obsolete) To depart from (someone); leave (someone) behind; abandon; forsake; desert; give up; relinquish.
lam outverb(intransitive, informal, dated) Leave, depart; to run away from someone or something.
give someone the slipverb(idiomatic) To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
take offverb(intransitive) To leave the ground and ascend into the air or into flight.
forslipverb(transitive, obsolete) To let slip; allow someone or something to escape.

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