HyperDic: take_a_powder

English > 1 sense of the expression take a powder:
VERBchangetake a powder, skip town(idiom) disappear without notifying anyone
English > take a powder: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning(idiom) disappear without notifying anyone.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymskip town
Broaderdisappear, vanish, go awayGet lost, as without warning or explanation
Spanishdesaparecer, escabullirse, esfumarse, hacerse humo, largarse
Catalandesaparèixer, esfumar-se

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