spirit away

WOTD – 27 March 2007    

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈspɪr.ɪt əˌweɪ/

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Verb

spirit away (third-person singular simple present spirits away, present participle spiriting away, simple past and past participle spirited away)

1. (transitive) To remove without anyone's noticing.

   The paintings were spirited away under cover of darkness

Translations

spirit away

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偷走 (cmn) (tōuzǒu)

• Danish: trylle væk (da)

• Finnish: kadota (fi) kuin (fi) tyhjään (fi)
• Japanese: 神隠す (ja) (かみかくす, kamikakusu)