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"ref": "1933, Raymond Chandler, “Blackmailers Don't Shoot”, in Collected Stories, Everyman's Library, published 2002, page 20",
"text": "Macdonald spoke slowly, bitterly. \"The kidnapping is one too many for me, Costello. I don't want any part of it. I'm takin' a powder from this toy mob. I took a chance that bright boy might side me.\"",
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"ref": "1971, Louis-Ferdinand D. Celine, Death on the Installment Plan, page 446",
"text": "Our idea was that once the storm had subsided we'd take a powder one night with our dough. . . We'd take our stuff and give ourselves a change of air. . . move to a different neighborhood.",
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},
{
"ref": "1979, Dan McCall, Beecher: A Novel, page 162",
"text": "\"Mr. Tilton said you told him you would take a powder.\" \"Take a powder?\" said Henry. \"I once heard a man from Nevada tell me he would take a powder, meaning he was leaving town.\"",
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{
"ref": "2000, Barbara Weltman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, page 271",
"text": "But when you suffer losses, Uncle Sam may take a powder.",
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},
{
"ref": "2004, Robert Hough, Hogie Wyckoff, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, page 418",
"text": "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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"To 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."
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"(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To 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."
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "prendre la poudre d’escampette"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "sich aus dem Staub machen"
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"sense": "to run away",
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"word": "zmywać się"
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"word": "ulotnić się"
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"roman": "skrýtʹsja",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "скры́ться"
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"roman": "davátʹ strekačá",
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"word": "дава́ть стрекача́"
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"roman": "smotátʹsja",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "смота́ться"
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"sense": "to run away",
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"word": "dar la espantada"
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"ref": "1971, Louis-Ferdinand D. Celine, Death on the Installment Plan, page 446",
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"text": "\"Mr. Tilton said you told him you would take a powder.\" \"Take a powder?\" said Henry. \"I once heard a man from Nevada tell me he would take a powder, meaning he was leaving town.\"",
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"ref": "2000, Barbara Weltman, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business, page 271",
"text": "But when you suffer losses, Uncle Sam may take a powder.",
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},
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"ref": "2004, Robert Hough, Hogie Wyckoff, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, page 418",
"text": "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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"(idiomatic, US, colloquial) To 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."
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"word": "take a walkout powder"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "prendre la poudre d’escampette"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "sich aus dem Staub machen"
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"sense": "to run away",
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"word": "zmywać się"
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"word": "ulotnić się"
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"roman": "skrýtʹsja",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "скры́ться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "davátʹ strekačá",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "дава́ть стрекача́"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbežátʹ",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "сбежа́ть"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smotátʹsja",
"sense": "to run away",
"word": "смота́ться"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to run away",
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"word": "dar la espantada"
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"word": "take a powder"
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