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41 bout
bout [bu]━━━━━━━━━2. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <a. ( = extrémité, fin) end ; [de nez, langue, oreille, canne] tipb. ( = morceau) [de ficelle, pain, papier] piece• jusqu'à Paris, cela fait un bout de chemin it's quite a long way to Paris► à bout• être à bout de souffle to be out of breath ; [entreprise, gouvernement] to be on its last legs (inf)• ils ont porté le projet à bout de bras pendant deux ans they struggled to keep the project going for two years► à tout bout de champ all the time• il m'interrompait à tout bout de champ he kept on interrupting me► au bout de (dans l'espace) at the end of ; (dans le temps) after• du bout des doigts [effleurer, pianoter] with one's fingertips• du bout des lèvres [accepter, approuver] reluctantly► d'un bout à l'autre from one end to the other• je l'ai lu d'un bout à l'autre sans m'arrêter I read it from cover to cover without stopping► en bout de at the end of• ce travail lui déplaît mais il ira jusqu'au bout he doesn't like this job but he'll see it through• il faut aller jusqu'au bout de ce qu'on entreprend if you take something on you must see it through2. <* * *
I bunom masculin1) ( dernière partie) (de nez, branche, ficelle, table, rue, processus) end; ( pointe) (d'épée, aile, de langue, doigt) tip; ( de chaussure) toeen bout de piste — Aviation at the end of the runway
à bout carré/rouge — [bâton, doigt, aile] square-/red-tipped
au bout du jardin/champ — at the bottom of the garden/field
d'un bout à l' autre du spectacle/de l'année — throughout the show/the year
coller bout à bout — to stick [something] end to end
aller (jusqu')au bout de — to follow through [idée, exigence]
venir à bout de — to overcome [problème, difficultés]; to get through [tâche, repas]
au bout d'une semaine/d'un certain temps — after a week/a while
2) ( morceau) (de pain, chiffon, fil, papier) piece; ( de terrain) bitbout de bois — gén piece of wood; ( allongé) stick
bouts de papier/ferraille — scraps of paper/metal
par petits bouts — [apprendre, manger] a bit at a time; [payer, recevoir] in dribs and drabs; [occuper, progresser] little by little
un petit bout de femme — (colloq) a tiny woman
•Phrasal Verbs:••tenir le bon bout — (colloq) to be on the right track
ne pas être au bout de ses peines or ennuis — not to be out of the woods yet
mettre les bouts — (colloq) to leave, to clear off (colloq) GB, to split (colloq) US
II butnom masculin Nautisme rope* * *bu1. nm1) (= petit morceau) bitun bout de papier — a piece of paper, a scrap of paper
2) (= extrémité) [bâton] tip, [ficelle, table, rue, période] endJane est assise en bout de table. — Jane is sitting at the end of the table.
Elle habite au bout de la rue. — She lives at the end of the street.
au bout de — at the end of, after
Au bout d'un moment, il s'est endormi. — After a while he fell asleep.
être à bout (= fatigué) — to be exhausted, (= avoir perdu patience) to be at the end of one's tether
venir à bout de [travail] — to manage to finish off, to manage to finish, [adversaire] to manage to overcome
être à bout de souffle (économie, société) — to have run out of steam
du bout des lèvres (= avec réticence) [reconnaître, accepter, approuver] — reluctantly
jusqu'au bout [aller, poursuivre, se poursuivre] — to the end
2. vbSee:* * *I.bout nm1 ( dernière partie) (de nez, queue, branche, ficelle, ligne, table, rue, processus) end; ( pointe) (d'épée, aile, de bâton, stylo, langue, doigt) tip; ( de chaussure) toe; au bout de la jetée at the end of the pier; aux deux bouts de la table at opposite ends of the table; en bout de piste Aviat at the end of the runway; la maison/le siège du bout the end house/seat; tout au bout de la rue at the very end of the street; l'autre bout de la pièce the far end of the room; ciseaux à bouts ronds/pointus round-ended/pointed scissors; à bout rond/carré/rouge [bâton, doigt, aile] round-/square-/red-tipped; à bout ferré [canne, chaussures] steel-tipped; chaussures à bout pointu/ferré/blanc pointy-/steel-/white-toed shoes; au bout du jardin/champ at the bottom of the garden/field; en bout de table at the foot of the table; siège en bout de rangée aisle seat; valser○/projeter qch à l'autre bout de la pièce to fly/to fling sth across the room; mener de bout en bout to lead from start to finish; lire un livre de bout en bout to read a book from cover to cover; parcourir or éplucher une liste d'un bout à l'autre to scour a list; d'un bout à l'autre du spectacle/de l'Europe/de l'année throughout the show/Europe/the year; parcourir la Grèce d'un bout à l'autre to cover the length and breadth of Greece; marcher d'un bout à l'autre de la ville to walk across the city; poser/coller bout à bout to lay/stick [sth] end to end; mettre bout à bout ( additionner) to add up; être incapable de mettre deux phrases bout à bout to be unable to string two sentences together; mettre des données bout à bout to piece data together; rester jusqu'au bout to stay until the end; essayer jusqu'au bout to try to the end; je suis/elle est avec vous jusqu'au bout I'm/she's with you every step of the way; je te soutiendrai jusqu'au bout I'm with you all the way; aller jusqu'au bout to go all the way; aller (jusqu')au bout de to follow through [idée, exigence]; aller au bout de soi-même to push oneself to the limit; écouter qn jusqu'au bout to hear sb out; brûler jusqu'au bout to burn out; lutter jusqu'au bout to fight to the last drop of blood; je suis/elle est à bout I/she can't take any more; je suis à bout de forces I can do no more; ma patience est à bout my patience is exhausted; je commence à être à bout de patience my patience is wearing thin; pousser qn à bout to push sb to the limit; ne me pousse pas à bout don't push me; être à bout d'arguments to run out of arguments; venir à bout de to overcome [problème, difficultés]; to get through [tâche, repas]; to tame [personne]; au bout d'une semaine/d'un certain temps/de trois chansons after a week/a while/three songs; au bout du compte ultimately; à bout portant at point-blank range;2 ( morceau) (de pain, chiffon, métal, fil, papier) piece; ( de terrain) bit; j'ai vu un bout du spectacle I saw part of the show; bout de bois gén piece of wood; ( allongé) stick; bouts de papier/ferraille scraps of paper/metal; bout de crayon pencilstub; bouts d'ongles nail clippings; par petits bouts [apprendre, manger] a bit at a time; [payer, recevoir] in dribs and drabs; [occuper, progresser] little by little; un bout de temps a while; un petit bout de temps a little while; un bon bout de temps quite a long time; un petit bout de femme○ a tiny woman; ⇒ chandelle, discuter.bout de l'an Relig memorial service on the first anniversary of sb's death; bout de chou○ sweet little thing○; bout d'essai Cin screen test; tourner un bout d'essai to do a screen test; bout filtre ( de cigarette) filter tip; bout renforcé Mode ( de chaussure) toe cap; bout de sein○ Anat nipple; bout de vergue Naut yardarm.tenir le bon bout○ to be on the right track; voir le bout de qch to get through sth ; ne pas être au bout de ses peines or ennuis not to be out of the woods yet; ne pas être au bout de ses surprises to have still a few surprises in store; ne pas savoir par quel bout commencer not to know where to begin; ne pas savoir par quel bout prendre not to know how to deal with; prendre qn/qch par le bon/mauvais bout to handle sb/sth the right/wrong way; en connaître un bout○ to know a thing or two○; mettre les bouts○ to leave, to clear off○ GB, to split○ US.II.[bu] nom masculin1. [extrémité - d'un couteau, d'un crayon] tip ; [ - d'une botte, d'une chaussette] toe ; [ - d'une table, d'une ficelle] endbout du doigt fingertip, tip of the fingerplus que 40 pages à écrire, je tiens le bon bout only another 40 pages to write, I can see the light at the end of the tunnela. [personne] I don't know how to handle ou to approach himb. [article, travail] I don't know how to tackle ou to approach itaborder ou considérer ou voir les choses par le petit bout de la lorgnette to take a narrow view of thingsil a accepté du bout des lèvres he accepted reluctantly ou half-heartedlyen voir le bout: enfin, on en voit le bout at last, we're beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel2. [extrémité - d'un espace] endce serait bien le bout du monde si ça prenait plus de deux jours it'll take two days at the very most3. [portion de temps]4. [morceau]a. [pain, bois, terrain] piece ofb. [papier] scrap ofdonne-m'en un bout give me some ou a piece ou a bitbout de chou ou zana. (familier) [enfant] toddlerb. [en appellatif] sweetie, poppet (UK)————————à bout locution adverbialemettre ou pousser quelqu'un à bout to push somebody to the limit————————à bout de locution prépositionnelle1. [ne plus avoir de]a. [physiquement] he's got no strength left in himb. [psychologiquement] he can't cope any more2. (locution)a. [adversaire, obstacle] to overcomeb. [travail] to see the end of————————à bout portant locution adverbialetirer (sur quelqu'un/quelque chose) à bout portant to shoot (somebody/something) at point-blank rangeà tout bout de champ locution adverbiale————————au bout de locution prépositionnelle1. [après] after2. [à la fin de]3. [dans l'espace]au bout de la rue at the bottom ou end of the roadêtre au bout de son ou du rouleaua. [épuisé] to be completely washed outb. [presque mort] to be at death's door————————au bout du compte locution adverbialebout à bout locution adverbialede bout en bout locution adverbiale[lire] from cover to covertu as raison de bout en bout you're completely ou totally rightd'un bout à l'autre locution adverbialela pièce est drôle d'un bout à l'autre the play's hilarious from beginning to end ou from start to finishd'un bout de... à l'autre locution correlatived'un bout à l'autre du pays, les militants s'organisent (right) throughout the country, the militants are organizing themselves————————en bout de locution prépositionnelle————————jusqu'au bout locution adverbiale -
42 sich dünn machen
(to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble: As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.) make oneself scarce -
43 hacerse humo
v.1 to go up in smoke, to vanish into thin air, to disappear into thin air.Mi dinero se hizo humo My money went up in smoke.2 to make oneself scarce.María se hizo humo Mary made herself scarce.* * *And, Cono Sur *to disappear, clear off*, scarper* -
44 escurridizo
adj.elusive, slippery, slippy, wriggly.* * *► adjetivo1 slippery2 figurado slippery, elusive\lazo escurridizo slipknot* * *ADJ1) (=resbaladizo) [superficie, objeto] slippery; [nudo] running2) (=evasivo) [carácter] slippery; [idea] elusive* * *- za adjetivo <piel/jabón> slippery; <persona/respuesta> evasive; <idea/concepto> elusive* * *= slick, slippery, slimy [slimier -comp., slimiest -sup.], slippy [slippier -comp., slippiest -sup.].Ex. Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.Ex. Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.Ex. The only real hazard in rock-pooling is a bad fall off a slimy rock, so make sure you wear suitable footwear.Ex. With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.----* nudo escurridizo = slipknot.* * *- za adjetivo <piel/jabón> slippery; <persona/respuesta> evasive; <idea/concepto> elusive* * *= slick, slippery, slimy [slimier -comp., slimiest -sup.], slippy [slippier -comp., slippiest -sup.].Ex: Tomás Hernández drove cautiously in the torrential rain, trying not to swerve on the slick pavement of the turnpike.
Ex: Peter was trying to convince himself that it wasn't his fault as he navigated the glistening slippery streets.Ex: The only real hazard in rock-pooling is a bad fall off a slimy rock, so make sure you wear suitable footwear.Ex: With the rain, the limestone rocks and stiles were very slippy and at least one of our party came a cropper.* nudo escurridizo = slipknot.* * *escurridizo -za‹persona› slippery, evasive; ‹actitud/respuesta› evasive* * *
escurridizo◊ -za adjetivo ‹piel/jabón› slippery;
‹persona/respuesta› evasive;
‹idea/concepto› elusive
escurridizo,-a adjetivo
1 (suelo, objeto) slippery: ¡cuidado, el suelo está escurridizo!, careful! the floor is slippery
2 (persona) elusive, slippery, slick: es un personaje escurridizo, he's a slick one
' escurridizo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escurridiza
English:
elusive
- slippery
* * *escurridizo, -a adj1. [animal, material, suelo] slippery2. [persona] slippery, evasive;hacerse el escurridizo [desaparecer] to make oneself scarce* * *adj slippery; figevasive* * *escurridizo, -za adj: slippery, elusive -
45 flykte
* * *verb. flee, fly, take flight verb. [ ta til flukten] run away (f.eks.the demonstrators ran away on the arrival of the police
) verb. [ unnvike] escape (f.eks.two prisoners have escaped from Dartmoor Prison
) verb. [ stikke av] take oneself off, make oneself scarce verb. [ om elskende par] elope, run away (f.eks.his wife ran away with the chauffeur
) verb. [ til en person] take refuge with (f.eks. ) -
46 izgubiti se
• be lost; bundle away; bundle off; clear off; clear out; disappear; dissolve; drop away; evade; evanesce; faint; lose; lose oneself; make oneself scarce; merge; miscarry; pale; spirit away -
47 pokupiti se
vr pf go away, be off (pack up and) leave, coll make oneself scarce; sl: get one's ass out of | - u krevet get oneself to bed -
48 потихоньку улизнуть
General subject: make oneself scarce, (в) make a quiet sneak (for) (He made a quiet sneak for the railway station.)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > потихоньку улизнуть
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49 glide
41) скользи́ть2) ав. плани́ровать* * *glide, sail, shade, slide, slip, slither* * *vb (gled, gledet)( bevæge sig jævnt) glide ( fx the skater glided over the ice; a boat glided past; glide through the air),( kortere, over en flade) slide ( fx slide down a slope; the drawer slides in and out easily);( ufrivilligt, skride) slip ( fx he slipped on the ice and fell; the book slipped from his hand),( om hjul) skid;( rutsche, glide på glidebane) slide ( fx the children were sliding on the ice);( forløbe let) go (el. run) smoothly;(T: gå, stikke af) shove off, buzz off; make oneself scarce;[ nu glider jeg!] I'm off!(fig) drift apart;[ hvor glider vi hen?] what are we coming to?[ glide i en bananskal] slip on a banana skin;[ lade blikket glide hen over] run one's eye over;[ glide ned]( blive nedsvælget) go down;[ lade hånden glide ned i] slide (, hurtigere: slip) one's hand into;[ for at få forslaget til at glide ned] in order to make the proposal go down; to smooth the way for the proposal;[ glide op]( om tøj) ride up ( fx your shirt is riding up),( om dør) open quietly, slide open;[ glide over i] merge into, gradually become;[ glide ud af hånden] slip from one's hand. -
50 large
large [laʀʒ]1. adjectivea. ( = grand) wide ; [lame, dos, visage, main, nez, front] broad ; [jupe] full ; [chemise] loose-fitting ; [pantalon] baggyb. [pouvoirs, diffusion, extraits] extensive ; [choix, gamme] widec. ( = généreux) generousd. ( = tolérant) il est large d'esprit2. adverb• prends un peu plus d'argent, il vaut mieux prévoir large take a bit more money, it's better to allow a bit extra3. masculine nouna. ( = largeur) une avenue de 8 mètres de large an avenue 8 metres wideb. ( = haute mer) le large the open sea* * *laʀʒ
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1) ( de grande dimension) [épaules, hanches, paumes] broad; [couloir, avenue, rivière, lit] wide; [sillon] broad; [manteau] loose-fitting; [pantalon] loose; [jupe, cape] full; [chandail] big; [geste, mouvement] sweeping; [sourire] broad; [courbe, détour] longlarge de trois mètres — three metres [BrE] wide
2) ( important) [avance, bénéfice] substantial; [choix, public] wide; [concertation, coalition] broad; [extrait, majorité] large4) ( ais é) [vie] comfortable5) ( ouvert)avoir les idées larges, être large d'esprit — to be broad-minded
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1) ( généreusement) [prévoir] on a generous scale; [calculer, mesurer] on the generous side2)
3.
nom masculin1) ( largeur)faire quatre mètres de large — to be four metres [BrE] wide
2) Nautisme open seaprendre le large — Nautisme to sail; grand
••ne pas en mener large — (colloq) to be worried stiff (colloq)
* * *laʀʒ1. adj1) (passage, boulevard, étendue, couverture, éventail) wide, (majorité) large, (épaules, visage, sourire) broad2)3) fig (= généreux) generous2. adv1) [voir, prévoir, calculer]Nous avons préféré voir large au cas où les invités viendraient avec leurs familles. — We thought we'd better allow plenty in case our guests brought their families.
En calculant large, je pense que l'on devrait être à Édimbourg dans une heure. — Allowing plenty of time, I think we should be in Edinburgh in an hour.
2)3. nm1) (= largeur)5 m de large — 5 m wide, 5 m in width
2) (= mer)Le bateau est actuellement au large du Portugal. — The boat is off the coast of Portugal at the moment.
3)en long et en large [expliquer, décrire, parcourir] — in every detail
* * *A adj1 ⇒ Les mesures de longueur ( de grande dimension) [front, épaules, hanches, paumes, nez] broad; [couloir, avenue, rivière, lit] wide; [sillon] broad; [manteau] loose-fitting; [pantalon] loose; [jupe, cape] full; [chandail] big; [geste, mouvement] sweeping; [sourire] broad; [courbe, détour] long; une caisse aussi large que haute a box as wide as it is high; faire de larges gestes des bras to make sweeping gestures with one's arms; former un large cercle to form a big circle; être large d'épaules/de hanches to have broad shoulders/hips; être large de trois mètres to be three metresGB wide;2 ( important) [avance, bénéfice] substantial; [choix, gamme, public] wide; [concertation, coalition] broad; [extrait, majorité] large; remporter une large victoire to win by a wide margin; dans une large mesure, pour une large part to a large extent; au sens large in a broad sense; prendre une large part dans qch to take a large part in sth; bénéficier d'un large soutien to have widespread support;3 ( généreux) [personne] generous (avec to);5 ( ouvert) avoir les idées larges, être large d'idées to be broad-minded, to be liberal; avoir l'esprit large, être large d'esprit to be broad-minded.B adv1 ( généreusement) [prévoir] on a generous scale; [calculer, mesurer] on the generous side; il vaut mieux prévoir large it's better to plan on a generous scale; et quand je dis dix je suis large○! and when I say ten I'm erring on the generous side!; trois kilos de spaghetti, tu as vu large○! three kilos of spaghetti, you don't believe in skimping, do you?;2 Mode s'habiller large to wear loose-fitting clothes; un modèle qui chausse large a wide-fitting shoe.C nm1 ( largeur) faire quatre mètres de large to be four metresGB wide; un ruban de deux centimètres de large a ribbon five centimetresGB wide; être au large○ to have plenty of room;2 Naut open sea; gagner le large to reach the open sea; au large offshore; au large de Marseille/des côtes bretonnes off Marseilles/the coast of Brittany; l'air/le vent du large the sea air/breeze; prendre le large Naut to sail; fig○ to make oneself scarce○; ⇒ grand.ne pas en mener large○ to be worried stiff○.[larʒ] adjectif3. [considérable] largeelle a une large part de responsabilité she must bear a large ou major share of the blameavoir un large vocabulaire to have a wide ou wide-ranging vocabularyelle a fait de larges concessions/un large tour d'horizon she made generous concessions/an extensive survey of the situationles journaux ont publié de larges extraits de son discours the papers quoted extensively from his speech4. [généralementéral]5. [généralementéreux] generous6. [ouvert] openleur père a l'esprit large their father is open-minded ou broad-minded7. [excessif]————————[larʒ] nom masculin1. [dimension] width2. NAUTIQUEau large offshore, at sea————————[larʒ] adverbecalculer ou prévoir large to allow a good margin for error————————en large locution adverbiale -
51 a o lua din loc
to be offto go awayto make oneself scarcesl. to beat / to hook / to off itto cut one's stickaprox. to saw one's timberamer. to scuttle awayto toddle offto stir one's stumpsto make one's getawayto take one's departureto scoot (off / away)to sling / to take one's hookamer. to pull one's freights - o luăm din loc off we go! -
52 panik
panic. -e kapılmak to panic, be stricken with panic. - kırmak slang to beat it, make tracks, scram, make oneself scarce. -e vermek /ı/ to cause (someone) to panic, panic. - yaratmak to create panic, arouse panic. -
53 держаться в отдалении
1) General subject: keep away, keep off, make oneself scarce2) Makarov: keep backУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > держаться в отдалении
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54 исчезнуть
1) General subject: die, disappear, disperse, flee (только past и p. p.), fly (the bird has fown - "птичка улетела" (преступник скрылся)), go south, lose, make oneself scarce, melt, ooze, pass, pass away, self destruct, self-destruct, sheer off, slip, steal away, take to itself wings, to be lost in (smth.), vanish, vanish into space, take wings, die a death (контекст: "Soccer has died a death today, the final nail in the coffin"), shape the invisible, do a vanishing act, pinpoint2) Colloquial: evaporate, push off, put across3) Mathematics: be extinct4) Religion: abolish5) Jargon: bunch, bunk, cheese it, cheeze it, dust, gypsy's leave, skip town, slough, take the air, head South6) Astronautics: nullify7) Makarov: become extinct, die out, dissipate, fade away, go( went; gone), go down the drain, go west, merge (into), taper out, cease to be, come adrift, do a guy8) Computer games: derezz9) Idiomatic expression: go out the window -
55 не показываться
General subject: hide one's head (особ. от стыда), make oneself scarce, hide face (особ. от стыда), hide head (особ. от стыда) -
56 не попадаться на глаза
General subject: (кому-л.) keep out of (one's) sight, make oneself scarce, drop out of sightУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не попадаться на глаза
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57 не попасться на глаза
General subject: make oneself scarceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не попасться на глаза
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58 редко показываться
General subject: make oneself scarceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > редко показываться
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59 ретироваться
1) General subject: draw in one's horns, recede, withdraw, bustle off2) Colloquial: make oneself scarce3) Military: take a powder4) Australian slang: blow through, do the bolt5) Makarov: whistle off, draw in horns -
60 сгинуть
General subject: disappear, make oneself scarce, self destruct, self-destruct, lose, flee
См. также в других словарях:
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
make oneself scarce — ► make oneself scarce informal leave a place, especially so as to avoid a difficult situation. Main Entry: ↑scarce … English terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — (informal) To leave quickly, unobtrusively, for reasons of prudence, tact, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑scarce * * * informal leave a place, esp. so as to avoid a difficult situation … Useful english dictionary
make oneself scarce — index retreat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make oneself scarce — tv. to leave; to be in a place less frequently. □ Here come the boys in blue. I’d better make myself scarce. □ I suggest that you make yourself scarce before she returns … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
make oneself scarce — verb To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away. Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me … Wiktionary
make oneself scarce — leave quickly, go away I think that I will make myself scarce and go to the beach for the day … Idioms and examples
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 … Словарь американских идиом
make oneself scarce — informal leave a place. → scarce … English new terms dictionary
make oneself scarce — go away, depart, leave … English contemporary dictionary