verb
spirit
To carry away secretly or mysteriously.
The rescuers spirit the witness away before dawn.
Etymology
The verb evokes the mysterious action attributed to spirits. To spirit something away is to remove it so discreetly that it seems to vanish.
More examples
- Someone had spirited the documents out of the office.
- They spirited the injured explorer to a safer camp.
- The family was quietly spiriting its valuables across the border.
Forms
spirit · spirits · spirited · spiriting