Quickly leaving a place or to sneak out from someone
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- This idiom emerged during the 1925 in America. ‘Take a run-out powder’ and ‘dust out of here’ are some of the idioms that were used for leaving out quickly. Dust is mainly associated with the dust of someone’s shoes when one runs away from a place. This particular expression is considered to be altered with the word powder as it is related to the explosiveness of the powder of the gun. If you’re able to leave quickly and no one is able to catch you then you probably are “taking a powder”.
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Taking a powder would’ve been a better choice for you when you realized that nothing is in your control.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Take a Powder':
| take a powder | To leave in a hurry; 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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