spirit away

Idioms and Phrases

Carry off mysteriously or secretly, as in The police found that the documents had been spirited away from the office . This term derives from the noun spirit , in the sense of “a supernatural being such as a ghost.” [Second half of 1600s]

Related Words

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• take
• take over