All make oneself scarce synonyms
make oneΒ·self scarce
M m verb make oneself scarce
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- run β execution
- vanish β to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- jump β to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- disengage β to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
- drop out β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- pull back β the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- flee β to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- abscond β If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- skip β to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- scoot β to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- scamper β to run or go hastily or quickly.
- hotfoot β a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- whiz β to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- scat β to sing by making full or partial use of the technique of scat singing.
- zip β zip code.
- hustle β to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- spur β a batch of newly made rag-paper sheets.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- scurry β to go or move quickly or in haste.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- secede β to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
- switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- book β A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- quail β a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.