make oneself scarce

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make oneself scarce

verb makes oneself scarce · making oneself scarce · made oneself scarce

  1. intransitive To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter. Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more chores to assign me.

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Русскийсма́тываться smátyvatʹsja, смота́ться smotátʹsja, смыва́ться smyvátʹsja, смы́ться smýtʹsja

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@misc{make_oneself_scarce_2026,
  title = {make oneself scarce},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make%20oneself%20scarce},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}