spirit away /ˈspɪɹ.ɪt əˌweɪ/ verb2 •To remove without anyone's noticing.The paintings were spirited away under cover of darkness. •To carry off through the agency of a spirit or through some magical means."But far up in the country, in the mountain districts, we still often hear of fairies having been seen, of their spiriting people away into the mountains, and such like. — 1886 formsspirited away · spiriting away · spirits away