verb
disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)
• Syn: ↑skip town
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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phrasal or take a runout powdernot likely to cross you up or take a powder on you — W.L.Gresham
taking a powder and leaving everything up in the air — George Sklar
took a powder for Paris accompanied by a beautiful blond mistress — Mike Stern
took a runout powder this morning — Clayton Rawson
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informal depart quickly, esp. in order to avoid a difficult situation
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take a powder
US informal + old-fashioned : to leave suddenly and quickly
The boys decided to take a powder as soon as they saw there was work to be done.
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Main Entry: ↑powder
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take a ˈpowder idiom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.