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