单词	take a powder
释义	take a powder idiomatic phrase US, informal + somewhat old-fashioned : to leave hurriedly It is the players and incoming recruits who are most affected when a coach abruptly takes a powder. Jack McCallum The beavers put up with this, Fair explains, until the surrounding population reached 250 families, and then the beavers took a powder. Gregory Jaynes This is the worst extinction phase the planet has experienced since dinosaurs took a powder about 65 million years ago. The Lompoc (California) Record Word History First Known Use 1911, in the meaning defined above take a powder phrase as in exit to leave a place often for another He took a powder before anyone even noticed he was there. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance exit move depart go get off get peel off cut out take off pull out run along walk out bail out push off dig out bug out bugger off take a hike push on clear out part go off clear off take a walk evacuate escape flee beat it start bug off bail fly pull up stakes quit pull stakes set out sally (forth) book strike out pike (out or off) get out withdraw hit the road run away begone shove (off) retire vamoose retreat pack (up or off) light out step (along) buzz (off) emigrate step out skip scarper go out desert remove abandon abscond scram scat vacate decamp forsake adjourn mizzle Antonyms & Near Antonyms come turn up arrive remain stay show up settle lodge near approach close reach dwell land abide hit tarry See More
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