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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. whisk someone or something away to move someone or something out of the way rapidly. The firemen came and whisked the students away to a safe place. The agents whisked away a number of people. See also: away 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. whisk someone around to move someone around rapidly from place to place. I didn't get much chance to see the city. They just whisked me around. We whisked around the visitor from place to place. See also: around 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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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