whisk off

verb

to rapidly remove.

“He was whisked off to the hospital.”

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whiskwhisk away
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Meanings

verbwhisk off (third-person singular simple present whisks off, present participle whisking off, simple past and past participle whisked off)

present singular third person whisks off · participle present whisking off · participle past whisked off · past whisked off

  1. idiomatictransitiveto rapidly remove.

    He was whisked off to the hospital.

  2. idiomatictransitiveTo take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.

    For our honeymoon, he whisked me off to the Bahamas.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbbrush or wipe off lightly

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whisk
Broader
wipepass over

verbtake away quickly and suddenly

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whisk away
Broader
take awaybear offbear away
Also see
whiskwhisk away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whisk off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whisk%20off.

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