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spirit away

Idioms  
  1. Carry off mysteriously or secretly, as in The police found that the documents had been spirited away from the office. This term derives from the noun spirit, in the sense of “a supernatural being such as a ghost.” [Second half of 1600s]


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Later on the day it appeared, refuse collectors arrived to spirit away the fridge-freezer.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

Praying in school can be a challenge, Shafaqat said, and “performing the prayer at school takes the spirit away from the prayer and makes Eid feel less like Eid.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Large windows angle open, and massive glass doors turn indoors into outdoors with a smooth slide as state-of-the-art ventilation systems silently spirit away smoke and vapor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Thousands evacuated the area, and the county sent dozens of buses earlier this week to spirit away approximately 1,000 people to shelters in inland cities, mainly San Antonio.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2020

Xenocrates assumed this would be a simple scrape-and-soar maneuver—and indeed, an ambudrone had already landed on the street ready to spirit away what was left of Citra.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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