地ちを払はらう

expression, godan verb (-u)

disappear completely; vanish without a trace

Literally 'to sweep the ground away'; used for complete disappearance, often of people or things, leaving nothing behind.

• 犯はん人にんは現げん場ばから地ちを払はらうように消きえた。

  The culprit vanished from the scene as if swept away.

• その噂うわさはすぐに地ちを払はらった。

  The rumor disappeared completely in no time.