going poof
Disappearing without trace
Going poof describes something vanishing suddenly and completely, as if by magic—evoking the theatrical puff of smoke when a magician makes something disappear.
Money goes poof when it's spent quickly or lost unexpectedly.
Relationships go poof when they end abruptly.
One minute he was there, the next he'd gone poof.
The phrase emphasizes the startling completeness of a disappearance.
- disappearPass from visibility
- vanishCease to be visible
- without a traceDisappeared leaving no sign
- thin airSeeming nothingness
- teleportInstant point-to-point travel
evaporate · up in smoke · puff of smoke · abracadabra · pixie dust · end · dissipate · sleight of hand · fleetingness · sublimate · dissolve · impermanence · cease · erasure · illusion · extinguish · vanish into thin air · fade out
going pooffading away
Gradual disappearance from perception
petering out · withering · winding down · tapering off · dwindling
going poofmaterializing
Becoming real or visible
appearing · manifesting · coming into being · springing up · emerging
going poofenduring
Persisting through time
persisting · remaining · staying put · lasting · abiding