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without a trace

without a trace prepositional phrase: without showing or leaving behind any sign of something; tracelessly.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Without showing or leaving behind any sign of something; tracelessly.
    • We know where he lives but he's left his apartment without a trace.2007, James Saunders, Double Doublecross, page 218

Forms of without a trace

alternative formwithout trace

Questions about without a trace

What does without a trace mean?
Without a trace means without showing or leaving behind any sign of something; tracelessly.
What part of speech is without a trace?
Without a trace is a prepositional phrase.

Words near without a trace in the dictionary

  1. without a doubt
  2. without a hitch
  3. without a murmur
  4. without a scratch
  5. without a shadow of a doubt
  6. without a trace
  7. without a word of a lie
  8. without accident
  9. without batting an eye
  10. without batting an eyelash
  11. without batting an eyelid

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