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in a puff of smoke

in a puff of smoke prepositional phrase: disappearing suddenly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively) Disappearing suddenly.

Questions about in a puff of smoke

What does in a puff of smoke mean?
In a puff of smoke means disappearing suddenly.
What part of speech is in a puff of smoke?
In a puff of smoke is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in a puff of smoke in the dictionary

  1. in a pig's arse
  2. in a pig's eye
  3. in a pig's patoot
  4. in a pig's whisper
  5. in a pinch
  6. in a puff of smoke
  7. in a real state
  8. in a right state
  9. in a row
  10. in a rut
  11. in a sea-way

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