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make scarce
make yourself scarce
(informal) to leave, especially in order to avoid trouble I think you'd better make yourself scarce - at least until I've had a chance to talk to your father.
make (oneself) scarce
Informal 1. To stay away; be absent or elusive.
2. To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.