steal+away
31steal — Synonyms and related words: abstract, acquire, adopt, advantageous purchase, and, annex, appropriate, assume, bag, bargain, boost, borrow, burglarize, burglary, buy, cabbage, caper, catch up, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, clench, clinch,… …
32away — /əˈweɪ / (say uh way) adverb 1. from this or that place; off: to go away. 2. apart; at a distance: to stand away from the wall. 3. aside: turn your eyes away. 4. out of possession, notice, use, or existence: to give money away. 5. continuously;… …
33steal — stealable, adj. stealer, n. /steel/, v., stole, stolen, stealing, n. v.t. 1. to take (the property of another or others) without permission or right, esp. secretly or by force: A pickpocket stole his watch. 2. to appropriate (ideas, credit, words …
34steal — This term is commonly used in indictments for larceny ( take, steal, and carry away ), and denotes the commission of theft, that is, the felonious taking and carrying away of the personal property of another, and without right and without leave… …
35steal — 1. verb /stiːl/ a) To illegally, or without the owners permission, take possession of something by surreptitiously taking or carrying it away. The government agents stole my identity. b) To …
36steal someone's thunder — If someone steals your thunder, they take the credit and praise for something you did. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you steal someone s thunder you take their idea or plan and draw attention and praise away from them by… …
37steal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rob (see stealing); sneak, tiptoe, creep (see secret, travel). n., informal, bargain, good buy (see cheapness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, filch, bag, thieve, loot, rob, purloin, embezzle, defraud …
38steal up on — {v. phr.} To stealthily approach one; sneak up on someone. * /The thief stole up on his victim, snatched her purse, and ran away./ …
39steal up on — {v. phr.} To stealthily approach one; sneak up on someone. * /The thief stole up on his victim, snatched her purse, and ran away./ …
40steal\ the\ spotlight — v. phr. To attract attention away from a person or thing that people should be watching. When the maid walked on the stage and tripped over a rug, she stole the spotlight from the leading players. Just as the speaker began, a little dog ran up… …
