Take a powder

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo leave without saying goodbye; leave quietly, run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.

Synonyms

take a walkout powder skip town powder dip out skip out duck out dig out dust take one's leave clear off scram clear out

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