take a powder

Meaning

1. to leave suddenly; to run away

In the movies · 5

• Take the powder and put it in the gun.Prey2022
• Why did you take that washing powder?Belfast2021
• That's right. Now, take your Floo powder.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets2002
• You should take one of these powders in a glass of water, once a day.Reds1981
• He gets in trouble, and she takes a run-out powder.Fury1936

Learn it in full scenes

• Belfast2021
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From the same entry

• keep your powder dry
• powder your nose