spirit off



spirit someone or something off (to some place)

to hurry someone or something away, presumably unnoticed, to another place. Aunt Jane spirited the children off to bed at half-past eight. She spirited off the leftover roast beef.
See also: off, spirit

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ai (1)ah-eeJapanese
ClovisKLO-vis (English), klo-VEES (French)Ancient Germanic (Latinized), French
TomosTAW-mawsWelsh
JÓZefYUW-zefPolish
Hrotsuitha-Ancient Germanic
&Aelig;Lfric-Anglo-Saxon