taking a powder (Meaning)
taking a powder
to leave hurriedly
Synonyms & Antonyms of taking a powder
Synonyms:
- departing
- sallying (forth)
- getting
- walking out
- digging out
- bugging out
- pushing on
- exiting
- buzzing (off)
- running along
- shoving (off)
- moving
- clearing off
- peeling off
- pulling out
- pulling up stakes
- stepping (along)
- beating it
- pushing off
- packing (up or off)
- getting off
- clearing out
- bailing out
- cutting out
- taking off
- going
- going off
- taking a walk
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- scarpering
- going out
- fleeing
- evacuating
- withdrawing
- taking a hike
- parting
- starting
- escaping
- quitting
- piking (out or off)
- hitting the road
- vamoosing
- retreating
- stepping out
- flying
- striking out
- setting out
- pulling stakes
- retiring
- booking
- bugging off
- bailing
- buggering off
- running away
- getting out
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
departing, sallying (forth), getting, walking out, digging out, bugging out, pushing on, exiting, buzzing (off), running along
arriving, showing up, turning up, remaining,coming, abiding, nearing, approaching, lodging,staying
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.
