whisk off
whisk off · whisks off · whisked off · whisking off
To rapidly removeTo rapidly remove.
» Mary whisked some snow off her hat.
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To rapidly remove.
He was whisked off to the hospital.
(idiomatic, transitive)To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.
For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.
More definitions
- take away quickly and suddenly
- brush or wipe off lightly
Examples
3 sentencesMary whisked some snow off her hat.
Ziri was being whisked off to a TV interview.
Let the magic of the water and the flowers whisk you off into another world.
Forms
whisks off, whisking off, whisked off, whisked off| Base form | whisk off · to whisk off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | whisks off |
| Present participle | whisking off |
| Past simple | whisked off |
| Past participle | whisked off |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- take away quickly and suddenly:whisk away
- brush or wipe off lightly:whisk
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.