make oneself scarce

English

Verb

make oneself scarce (third-person singular simple present makes oneself scarce, present participle making oneself scarce, simple past and past participle 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.

Translations

Translations

• Hungarian: lelép (hu), eltűnik (hu), felszívódik (hu), odébbáll (hu)
• Russian: сма́тываться (ru) impf (smátyvatʹsja), смота́ться (ru) pf (smotátʹsja), смыва́ться (ru) impf (smyvátʹsja), смы́ться (ru) pf (smýtʹsja)
• Swedish: hålla sig undan (sv)