take a powder depart quickly, especially in order to avoid a difficult situation. North American informal
☞ The phrase is a shortening of an earlier take a run-out powder, but what the metaphorical underpinnings of that were remains obscure.
2002New York Times Why don't you take a powder, jerk, or how'd you like a knuckle sandwich?
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