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spirits away

spirits away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit away.

Meaning of spirit away

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.
  2. (transitive) To carry off through the agency of a spirit or through some magical means.
    • "But far up in the country, in the mountain districts, we still often hear of fairies having been seen, of their spiriting people away into the mountains, and such like.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 156

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What is spirits away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spirits away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spirit away.

Words near spirits away in the dictionary

  1. spiritous
  2. spiritousness
  3. spiritrompe
  4. spiritrompes
  5. spirits
  6. spirits away
  7. spirits of hartshorn
  8. spirits of salt
  9. spirits of salts
  10. spirits of turpentine
  11. spirits of wine

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