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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def multi_pop(d, *args):
 """ pops multiple keys off a dict like object """

    retval = {}
    for key in args:
        if key in d:
            retval[key] = d.pop(key)
    return retval