ghost away
phr. v..phr. v.. to move someone or something away quietly and secretly so that nobody notices.
phr. v.. to remove or spirit someone or something away in a stealthy, surreptitious manner; often used in the passive voice to describe a disappearance.
The guards ghosted the witness away through a back door.
Before the reporters could ask any questions, the celebrity was ghosted away in a black car.
The rare manuscripts were ghosted away from the library under the cover of night, leaving no trace of the theft for the morning staff.
- Particles
- away
- Separability
- optional
- Pattern
- ghost + object + away
transitive; the object usually goes between 'ghost' and 'away'.
this is a rare, literary phrasal verb; connect it to the noun 'ghost' to help students visualize the silent, invisible movement it describes.
The money was ghosted from the safe.The money was ghosted away from the safe.the particle 'away' is necessary to complete the meaning of removal or disappearance.