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Definition of Take a powder
1. Verb. Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom).
Definition of Take a powder
1. Verb. (idiomatic US colloquial) To leave in a hurry; run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Take A Powder
Literary usage of Take a powder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Do Science Experiments with Children by Joan Bentley (2003)
"Label the top of the graph "Take a Powder." 2. Have each group cover its work
area with newspaper. Distribute an investigation sheet and a powder jar icon ..."
2. Health at home, ; or, Hall's family doctor by William Whitty Hall (1876)
"Wet the skin on front of the chest with strong vinegar, and then rub on thoroughly
the ointment to produce pustular eruption. BILIOUSNESS.—take a powder of ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"Draught has operated well. Three dozen of leeches to the abdomen, and afterwards
a waim hath. To take a powder containing four grams of calomel and four of ..."
4. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1854)
"... the headache gradually wore away during the afternoon, and I feel tolerably
well this evening; shall take a powder on going to bed, almost immediately. ..."
5. Labor among primitive peoples: Showing the Development of the Obstetric by George Julius Engelmann (1884)
"... she is, moreover, obliged to abstain from food : during the first three days
she must take a powder composed of stimulating spices, ..."
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