They don't know how the election will turn out, so for now they're just 'keeping their powder dry'.
The girls put on their lipstick and (face) 'powder' before heading out to the dance.
The boys decided to 'take a powder' as soon as they saw there was work to be done.
(..) Yeah, five minutes. Five minutes, and then... We stop. BOTH: Five minutes and then we stop. PIGEON TOADY: What? Powder? Baby powder. Homing pigeon powers activate! (DEVICE POWERING UP) - Ah! - (WIND WHOOSHING) (..)2016 Storks