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Idioms and Phrases
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]Discover More
Example Sentences
Sometimes that takes your spirit away, and sometimes it makes you tougher.
Penance and a trust in holy relics drove the evil spirit away, and brought the monk to a proper frame of mind.
He, too, controlled the winds and waves, and sent the evil spirit away howling through the tempest.
The stream rushing past that cabin seemed a funeral train, powerful and free, ready to carry that brave spirit away.
She did not quite know what was the matter with her; it seemed as if something had suddenly knocked all her spirit away.
It had left its paw print in the earth beside Pierre's body when it took his spirit away.
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