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whisk off

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whisk (someone or an animal) off
to brush [something] off someone or an animal. The barber quickly whisked him off and collected the fee. The barber whisked off the customer.
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whisk someone or something off (to something)

to move someone or something to something or some place rapidly. The government agents whisked the witness off to a secret place. They whisked off the suspect to a holding cell.
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whisk something off (of) someone or something and whisk something off

to brush something off someone or something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) The barber whisked the loose hairs off of the customer. The barber whisked off the loose hairs.
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On his last visit I heard him whisk off the dust-sheet; then he waited a minute; and when he came out it was to lead the way into the open air as though the accursed house belonged to him.
 
 
 
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