make oneself scarceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

make oneself scarce (third-person singular simple present makes oneself scarce, present participle making oneself scarce, simple past and past participle made oneself scarce)

1. (intransitive) To leave or stay away from a place, especially in order to avoid an encounter.

   Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more chores to assign me.

   • 2026 August 9, Josh Eells, “Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?”, in Rolling Stone‎, archived from the original on 10 August 2026:

     Piker disappears upstairs to shower, and his dad — a retired corporate executive with a Ph.D. in economics who’s written four books about European Union antitrust law — quickly makes himself scarce. But his mom sticks around.