Take A Powder (Verb)
Meaning
Disappear without notifying anyone (idiom).
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- After a loud argument, Mike and his friends seemed to take a powder, leaving the meeting without resolving anything.
- We were supposed to meet for lunch, but Sarah apparently decided to take a powder and didn't show up.
- The principal was furious when the three students involved in the incident took a powder as soon as the teacher left the room.
- After dinner, my cousins excused themselves and seemed to take a powder, and no one saw them for the rest of the evening.
- People suspected the artist had intentionally decided to take a powder when no one could find her after her provocative performance.