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