TAKE A POWDER


Meaning of TAKE A POWDER in English

phrasal

or take a runout powder

slang : to leave hurriedly : skip out : decamp , flee

not likely to cross you up or take a powder on you — W.L.Gresham

taking a powder and leaving everything up in the air — George Sklar

took a powder for Paris accompanied by a beautiful blond mistress — Mike Stern

took a runout powder this morning — Clayton Rawson

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.