- make yourself scarce
- make (yourself) scarce
informal
to leave, especially in order to avoid trouble.
I think you'd better make yourself scarce - at least until I've had a chance to talk to your father.
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make yourself scarce — phrase to stay away from a particular place in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation Dad’s pretty mad – you’d better make yourself scarce. Thesaurus: absent, lost and unavailablesynonym Main entry: scarce * * * make yourself scarce … Useful english dictionary
make yourself scarce — INFORMAL ► to go away from a difficult situation in order to avoid trouble: »Things were going badly at the meeting, so he made himself scarce. Main Entry: ↑scarce … Financial and business terms
make yourself scarce — If someone makes themselves scarce, they go away from a place, especially to avoid trouble or so that they can t be found … The small dictionary of idiomes
make yourself scarce — If someone makes themselves scarce, they go away from a place, especially to avoid trouble or so that they can t be found. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you make yourself scarce, you leave a place in order to avoid an embarrassing … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
make yourself scarce — leave, do not stay, get lost If you see a bull in the pasture, make yourself scarce … English idioms
make yourself scarce — to stay away from a particular place in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation Dad s pretty mad – you d better make yourself scarce … English dictionary
make 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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make 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./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
scarce — [skeəs ǁ skers] adjective if something is scarce, there is not enough of it available: • Here, land is a scarce resource and house prices have risen sharply. • Jobs are scarce. scarcity noun [singular, uncountable] : • the present scarcity of… … Financial and business terms
