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单词 spirit something or someone away
释义
(phrasal verb) 
The urn containing the ashes was spirited away.
Synonyms
remove
steal
Anybody could walk in here and steal stuff.
carry off
seize
trouser (slang)
abstract
The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
whisk
abduct
She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child.
knock off (slang)
purloin
He was caught purloining books from the library.
snaffle (British, informal)
make away with
See spirit

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abduct
Definition
to remove (a person) by force
She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child.
Synonyms
kidnap,
seize,
carry off,
run off with,
run away with,
make off with,
snatch (slang)
in the sense of abstract
Definition
to remove or extract
The author has abstracted poems from earlier books.
Synonyms
extract,
draw,
pull,
remove,
separate,
withdraw,
isolate,
pull out,
take out,
take away,
detach,
dissociate,
pluck out
in the sense of purloin
Definition
to steal
He was caught purloining books from the library.
Synonyms
steal,
rob,
lift (informal),
nick (slang, British),
appropriate,
trouser (slang),
pinch (informal),
cabbage (British, slang),
swipe (slang),
knock off (slang),
blag (slang),
pilfer,
walk off with,
snitch (slang),
filch,
prig (British, slang),
snaffle (British, informal),
thieve

Nearby words of
spirit something or someone away

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  • spirited
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  • spiritual

Synonyms of 'spirit something or someone away'

spirit something or someone away

Additional synonyms

in the sense of steal
Definition
to take (something) from someone without permission or unlawfully
Anybody could walk in here and steal stuff.
Synonyms
take,
nick (slang, British),
pinch (informal),
lift (informal),
trouser (slang),
cabbage (British, slang),
swipe (slang),
knock off (slang),
half-inch (old-fashioned, slang),
heist (US, slang),
embezzle,
blag (slang),
pilfer,
misappropriate,
snitch (slang),
purloin,
filch,
prig (British, slang),
shoplift,
thieve,
be light-fingered,
peculate (literary),
walk or make off with
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