(make oneself scarce)
1make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ …
2make oneself scarce — {v. phr.}, {slang} To leave quickly; go away. * /The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise./ * /A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby./ …
3make oneself scarce — ► make oneself scarce informal leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation. Main Entry: ↑scarce …
4make oneself scarce — (informal) To leave quickly, unobtrusively, for reasons of prudence, tact, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑scarce * * * informal leave a place, esp. so as to avoid a difficult situation …
5make oneself scarce — index retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6make oneself scarce — tv. to leave; to be in a place less frequently. □ Here come the boys in blue. I’d better make myself scarce. □ I suggest that you make yourself scarce before she returns …
7make oneself scarce — verb To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away. Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me …
8make oneself scarce — leave quickly, go away I think that I will make myself scarce and go to the beach for the day …
9make\ oneself\ scarce — v. phr. slang To leave quickly; go away. The boys made themselves scarce when they saw the principal coming to stop their noise. A wise mouse makes himself scarce when a cat is nearby …
10make oneself scarce — informal leave a place. → scarce …
