to spirit
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7.8
- verb
- /ˈspɪrɪt/
:
sacar a escondidas
- He managed to trace her to the hospital somehow and was on the point of spiriting away this morning.
Examples
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Send in the troops and spirit him away somewhere.
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I must spirit you away from England.
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Where a boat was waiting to spirit them away.
Fiction book (1990) -
We must spirit her away from here and get that formula now.
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Darling, I'm afraid I have to spirit you away.
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Not many people could spirit children away to another continent.
Blog text (4) -
I think she was hoping that I could just spirit Nicole away.
Fiction book (1996) -
Then your father spirited you away... before Semira arrived with her troops.
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The day after the bombing, a delegation from The Children’s Embassy spirited her away among a group of Italian journalists.
Fiction book (1999) -
We must spirit the witnesses away to a safe location before the trial starts.
Synonyms
699
2.8
To move or take something quietly so others do not notice
4
8.7
To take someone or something away quickly and secretly, often in a mysterious way
1
9.4
To take someone or something away quickly and secretly
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Literature
4
8.7
To take someone or something away quickly and secretly, often in a mysterious way
To make people in a town or neighbourhood feel closer and more willing to help each other
Compounds
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4.5
The presence of God that Christians believe works in the world to guide and comfort people
1
4.9
A feeling of pride and responsibility for your town that makes you help improve it
- Literature
1
9.5
A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
- UK
1
4.1
A tool with a closed tube and a bubble to check if surfaces like a shelf are flat or upright
- Archaic
A liquid made of alcohol and camphor used to rub on the skin or breathe in for cough relief
A strong feeling of people working together and being determined in hard times
Alcohol made unsafe to drink by adding poisons and used for cleaning or as a fuel
- Slang
A joking way to show strong American pride, for example with flags and eagles
- Specialized
A liquid with fifty percent alcohol that serves as a standard for measuring alcohol strength
- Archaic
A person who makes knocking sounds and says they are messages from the dead
- Specialized
A poisonous alcohol people make by heating wood, used as fuel or solvent
A determined, practical way of working hard and never giving up, often linked to people from the northern United States
How Stealthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spirit used as a verb to mean 'carry away quickly' can be remembered by thinking of an invisible spirit or wind that takes someone away in secret. That's why to spirit someone away means to move them fast and quietly.