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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.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Judita | | - | Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak |
Ganizani | | gah-nee-ZAH-nee | Southern African, Chewa |
Amalric | | AM-əl-rik (English), ə-MAL-rik (English) | Ancient Germanic |
Ashlyn | | ASH-lin | English (Modern) |
Hieu | | - | Biblical Latin |
Philon | | - | Ancient Greek |