Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whisk_off

2 senses of whisk off

Sense 1
whisk, whisk off -- (brush or wipe off lightly)
       => wipe, pass over -- (rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth")

Sense 2
whisk off, whisk away -- (take away quickly and suddenly)
       => take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off -- (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry")

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