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Definition of Steal away
1. Verb. Leave furtively and stealthily. "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard"
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave
Definition of Steal away
1. Verb. (intransitive) to leave secretively ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steal Away
Literary usage of Steal away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1837)
"... thy power From metals base the glowing gold can bring ; The joys years steal
away, thou canst restore — By secret arts renew life's lovely spring. ..."
2. Autobiographical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew by Louisa Drew (1900)
"... a tear ; Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say
not Good-Night, but in some brighter clime, Bid me Good-Morning. ..."
3. The British Quarterly Review by Robert Vaughan, Henry Allon (1869)
"Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not good-night,
but in some brighter clime Bid rao good-morning. ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1873)
"One of the most beautiful in point of melody is "steal away." steal away, steal
away, steal away to Jesup. steal away, steal away home, I ain't pot long to ..."
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