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whisk away

/wɪsk əˈweɪ/

whisk away verb: to remove something or someone suddenly and quickly.

Verb

whisk away (third-person singular simple present whisks away, present participle whisking away, simple past and past participle whisked away)

  1. (transitive) To remove something or someone suddenly and quickly.
    • The garbage truck whisked away the trash bin.
    Synonyms:
    whisk off
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
    • Give me a wink
      And I'll give you what I think you're after
      With just one kiss I will whisk you away
      To where angels often tread2001, The Divine Comedy, Perfect Lovesong

Synonyms of whisk away

Forms of whisk away

third-person singular presentwhisks away
present participlewhisking away
past participlewhisked away
pastwhisked away

Questions about whisk away

What does whisk away mean?
Whisk away means to remove something or someone suddenly and quickly.
What part of speech is whisk away?
Whisk away is a verb.
How do you pronounce whisk away?
Whisk away is pronounced /wɪsk əˈweɪ/.
What is the past tense of whisk away?
The past tense of whisk away is whisked away.

Words near whisk away in the dictionary

  1. whishes
  2. whishing
  3. whisht
  4. whishtly
  5. whisk
  6. whisk away
  7. whisk fern
  8. whisk ferns
  9. whisk off
  10. whisk'd
  11. Whiska Creek

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