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    make oneself scarce

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishMAKE YOURSELF SCARCE - Cambridge English Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    to go away from a difficult situation in order to avoid trouble: Dad's really angry with you, so you'd better make yourself scarce. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Departing. abandon ship. abandon/jump ship idiom. abandonment. absquatulate. move. outgoing. p.o.q. peel away/off phrasal verb. piss off phrasal verb. pull out phrasal verb.

  3. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › make+oneself+scarceMake oneself scarce - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

    To leave, hide, or make oneself less visible, typically to avoid something. Lisa's fuming about your text message, so you better make yourself scarce until she calms down. Why is it that when there are chores to do, the kids somehow know to make themselves scarce?

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › make oneself scarceMake oneself scarce Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Nov 10, 2024 · The meaning of MAKE ONESELF SCARCE is to leave so as not to be seen in a certain place. How to use make oneself scarce in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDefinition of 'make oneself scarce' - Collins Online Dictionary

    If you make yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation. [ informal ] It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryMeaning of make yourself scarce in English - Cambridge Dictionary

    MAKE YOURSELF SCARCE meaning: 1. to go away from a difficult situation in order to avoid trouble: 2. to go away from a difficult…. Learn more.

  7. idioms.thefreedictionary.com › making+oneself+scarceMaking oneself scarce - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

    To leave, hide, or make oneself less visible, typically to avoid something. Lisa's fuming about your text message, so you better make yourself scarce until she calms down. Why is it that when there are chores to do, the kids somehow know to make themselves scarce?

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › make_oneself_scarcemake oneself scarce - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    make oneself scarce (third-person singular simple present makes oneself scarce, present participle making oneself scarce, simple past and past participle made oneself scarce) (intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

  9. www.dictionary.com › browse › make--oneself--scarceMAKE ONESELF SCARCE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Depart quickly, go away, as in The children saw Mrs. Frost coming and made themselves scarce . This idiom applies scarce in the sense of “seldom seen” to removing one's presence. [c.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › make-yourself-scarcemake yourself scarce | meaning of make yourself scarce in Longman...

    make yourself scarce meaning, definition, what is make yourself scarce: to leave a place, especially in order to...: Learn more.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › make-oneself-scarceMake-oneself-scarce Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Make-oneself-scarce definition: (idiomatic) To leave or depart , or to avoid or stay away .