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prendre la poudre d'escampette *

* to take the powder of the escape

To run away, to flee.

Note: This expression is old-fashioned.

"Hier, ma maison a été cambriolée, et au moment où je cherchais les voleurs, ils avaient déjà pris la poudre d'escampette."

"Yesterday, my house was robbed, and when I looked for the thieves, they had already fled."

Added August 2020 by do

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