be conspicuous by your absence
mainly humorousto be absent when you should be present, in a way that other people notice:
Why wasn't Stephen at the meeting? He was conspicuous by his absence.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Absent
- absence
- absent
- absentee
- AWOL
- conspicuous
- go AWOL idiom
- in absentia
- lacuna
- miss
- missing
- missing person
- no-show
- nowhere
- nowhere to be found idiom
- out