Brewer's: Abscond

Abscond′

means properly to hide; but we generally use the word in the sense of stealing off secretly from an employer. (Latin, abscondo.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Absent
Absalom and Achitophel
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Related Content

✖
 

 

sandbbox logo
©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.