spirit away



spirit someone or something away (somewhere)

to sneak someone or something away to another place. The police spirited the prisoner away before the crowd assembled in front of the jail. They spirited away the celebrity.
See also: away, spirit

spirit away

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]
See also: away, spirit

spirit away

v.
To carry someone or something off mysteriously or secretly: The lawyers spirited away the documents. In the folktale, an old giant spirited the children away.
See also: away, spirit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alanbrooke['a:ləmbruk]
Sigeberht-Anglo-Saxon
TessTESEnglish, Dutch
LÉOne-French
Elissa[i'lisə]
Michelamee-KE-lahItalian