taking a powder (Meaning)
taking a powder
to leave hurriedly
Synonyms & Antonyms of taking a powder
Synonyms:
- stepping (along)
- digging out
- clearing off
- pushing on
- moving
- exiting
- buzzing (off)
- peeling off
- clearing out
- taking off
- pushing off
- beating it
- departing
- shoving (off)
- walking out
- going off
- running along
- pulling up stakes
- bugging out
- cutting out
- pulling out
- going
- taking a walk
- getting
- sallying (forth)
- bailing out
- packing (up or off)
- getting off
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- quitting
- setting out
- taking a hike
- stepping out
- going out
- vamoosing
- escaping
- getting out
- fleeing
- starting
- hitting the road
- flying
- withdrawing
- evacuating
- scarpering
- pulling stakes
- striking out
- piking (out or off)
- retiring
- booking
- bugging off
- buggering off
- running away
- bailing
- parting
- retreating
Antonyms:
taking a powder Sentence Examples
- After a disastrous presentation, the CEO decided to take a powder, leaving his employees to face the music.
- The embezzling accountant quickly took a powder, vanishing with millions of dollars.
- Suspecting his girlfriend was cheating, the detective decided to take a powder and follow her discreetly.
- The fugitive bank robber took a powder in broad daylight, evading capture.
- After being caught in a compromising position, the politician shamefully took a powder.
- The cowardly thief took a powder, leaving his accomplice behind to be apprehended.
- The celebrity couple took a powder from the paparazzi, escaping on a private jet.
- The sick student took a powder from class, feigning an illness to avoid a test.
- The high school prankster took a powder after setting off a foul-smelling bomb.
- The unruly patron took a powder after starting a fight in the bar.
FAQs About the word taking a powder
to leave hurriedly
stepping (along), digging out, clearing off, pushing on, moving, exiting, buzzing (off), peeling off, clearing out, taking off
arriving, turning up, showing up,coming, remaining, dwelling, nearing, settling, approaching, abiding
After a disastrous presentation, the CEO decided to take a powder, leaving his employees to face the music.
The embezzling accountant quickly took a powder, vanishing with millions of dollars.
Suspecting his girlfriend was cheating, the detective decided to take a powder and follow her discreetly.
The fugitive bank robber took a powder in broad daylight, evading capture.
