take a powder
idiomatic phrase
US, informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: to leave hurriedly
It is the players and incoming recruits who are most affected when a coach abruptly takes a powder.—Jack McCallum
The beavers put up with this, Fair explains, until the surrounding population reached 250 families, and then the beavers took a powder.—Gregory Jaynes
This is the worst extinction phase the planet has experienced since dinosaurs took a powder about 65 million years ago.—The Lompoc (California) Record
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