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All make oneself scarce synonyms

make one·self scarce
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verb make oneself scarce

  • pull out — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
  • quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
  • repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
  • shove off — to move along by force from behind; push.
  • start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
  • travel — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
  • wend — to pursue or direct (one's way).
  • get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
  • go away — leave!
  • get a move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
  • hightail it — to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street.
  • make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
  • make time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • shake a leg — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
  • bow out — If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
  • check out — When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
  • draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
  • fall back — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
  • draw away — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
  • ease out — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • run along — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
  • take out — the act of taking.
  • break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
  • give someone the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • take it on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
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