Verb
leave furtively and stealthily
Source: WordNetAnd the night shall be filled with music and the cares, that infest the day, shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, and as silently steal away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii) William Shakespeare
There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed. Washington Irving
You know, Jacob, if it weren't for the fact that we're natural enemies and that you're also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you." "Maybe...if you weren't a disgusting vampire who was planning to suck out the life of the girl I love...well, no, not even then. Stephenie Meyer
Pleasures steal away the mind. Dutch Proverb
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot. English Proverb