- make 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 scarce
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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 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
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
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
scarce — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a resource) insufficient for the demand. 2) rarely found. ● make oneself scarce Cf. ↑make oneself scarce DERIVATIVES scarcity noun. ORIGIN O … English terms dictionary
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 … New idioms dictionary
Scarce — (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]r); superl. {Scarcest}.] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see {Ex }) + carpere. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 oneself scarce — ► make oneself scarce informal leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation. Main Entry: ↑scarce … English terms dictionary
