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Verb: spirit away  'spi-rit u'wey
  1. Carry off mysteriously; as if by magic
    "The magician spirited away the volunteer during the trick";
    - spirit off
     
  2. Carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriously
    "The child was spirited away in the middle of the night"

Derived forms: spirits away, spirited away, spiriting away

Type of: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off, take away

Encyclopedia: Spirit away