Antonyms for make oneself scarce
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skairs |
| Phonetic Transcription : skɛərs |
- accept
- advance
- aid
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- assist
- begin
- capture
- cease
- combine
- come
- come in
- confront
- continue
- dally
- dawdle
- decelerate
- delay
- discourage
- dissuade
- encounter
- engage
- enter
- face
- fill
- fill up
- halt
- help
- join
- keep
- meet
- permit
- persevere
- procrastinate
- put
- remain
- rest
- rush in
- slow
- stand
- stay
- stop
- take on
- unite
- wait
- walk
Definition of make oneself scarce
Origin :- c.1300, "restricted in quantity," from Old North French scars "scanty, scarce" (Old French eschars, Modern French échars) from Vulgar Latin *scarsus, from *escarpsus, from *excarpere "pluck out," from classical Latin excerpere "pluck out" (see excerpt). As an adverb early 14c. from the adjective. Phrase to make oneself scarce "go away" first attested 1771, noted as a current "cant phrase." Related: Scarcely.
- As in push off/push on : verb leave; go to another place
- As in scram : verb leave quickly
- As in skedaddle : verb flee
- As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
- As in lam : verb escape
- As in clear out : verb leave, often quickly
- As in decamp : verb depart suddenly
- As in escape : verb break away from
- As in flee : verb run away to escape
- Make tracks, an Americanism synonymous with skedaddle; to make oneself scarce.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
Synonyms for make oneself scarce
- abjure
- abscond
- absent oneself
- avoid
- back out
- bail out
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat it
- begone
- blow
- bolt
- book
- bow out
- break
- break camp
- break out
- burst out
- check out
- circumvent
- clear out
- continue
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- detach
- disappear
- disengage
- dodge
- double
- draw away
- draw back
- drop out
- duck
- duck out
- ease out
- eliminate
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- exfiltrate
- exit
- expedite
- extract
- fall back
- fare
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get
- get a move on
- get away
- get away with
- get lost
- get off
- get the hell out
- give ground
- give someone the slip
- give way
- go
- go away
- go like lightning
- go scot-free
- hasten
- head for the hills
- hie
- hightail
- hightail it
- hit the road
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hurry up
- hustle
- journey
- jump
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- keep going
- kite
- launch
- leave
- light out
- make a break for it
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make haste
- make off
- make one's escape
- make oneself scarce
- make progress
- make quick exit
- make time
- make tracks
- move
- move fast
- pass
- phase out
- play hooky
- proceed
- process
- pull back
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- race
- recede
- recoil
- remove oneself
- repair
- retire
- retreat
- run
- run along
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- rush
- scamper
- scat
- scoot
- scram
- scurry
- secede
- seclude oneself
- shake a leg
- shove off
- shrink
- shun
- skedaddle
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- speed
- split
- spur
- start
- steal away
- step on it
- step on the gas
- switch
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take away
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take off
- take on the lam
- take out
- travel
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- wend
- whiz
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
- zip
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