| Definitions | | take a powder |
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idiom - To leave in a hurry.
- 1971, Louis-Ferdinand D. Celine, Death on the Installment Plan, p. 446:
- :Our idea was that once the storm had subsided we'd one night with our dough. . . We'd take our stuff and give ourselves a change of air. . . move to a different neighborhood.
- 1979, Dan McCall?, Beecher: A Novel, p. 162:
- :"Mr. Tilton said you told him you would ." "Take a powder?" said Henry. "I once heard a man from Nevada tell me he would , meaning he was leaving town."
- 2000, Barbara Weltman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, p. 271:
- :But when you suffer losses, Uncle Sam may .
- 2004, Robert Hough, Hogie Wyckoff, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, p. 418:
- :Go on, now. Scram. Take a powder. And don't come back till people on the street start wishing you a good afternoon.
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