whisk away
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| Verb | 1. | whisk away - take away quickly and suddenly bear away, bear off, carry away, take away, carry off - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" |
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w>whisk away
vt sep
fly, wasp etc → wegscheuchen
(= take away suddenly) the magician whisked away the tablecloth → der Zauberer zog das Tischtuch schnell weg; her mother whisked the bottle away from her just in time → ihre Mutter schnappte (inf) → or zog ihr die Flasche gerade noch rechtzeitig weg; he whisked her away to the Bahamas → er entführte sie auf die Bahamas; a big black car turned up and whisked him away → ein großes schwarzes Auto erschien und sauste or brauste mit ihm davon
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