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All make oneself scarce synonyms

make oneΒ·self scarce
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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.
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