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单词 take a powder
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take a powder

North American informal Depart quickly, especially in order to avoid a difficult situation.He was the only one in the entire neighborhood that took a powder....
  • But the way the bishops are going to learn this is by carrying their cross, not taking a powder when it gets hot.
  • The nation's most prestigious newspaper takes a powder, retreating from the insistent voice - in which it advises the administration to provide world ‘leadership’ with its ‘power’ - to a pathetically passive tone.’
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