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take a powder

verbid 21926·updated Jun 3, 2026
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an idiomatic expression, to disappear without notifying anyone in order to avoid undesirable consequences

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Variants

synonym
skip town
pasttense
taked a powdertook a powder
presentparticiple
taking a powder
thirdpersonsingular
takes a powder
pastparticiple
taked a powdertaken a powder

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an idiomatic expression, to disappear without notifying anyone in order to avoid undesirable consequences

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