do a disappearing/vanishing act
to go away, usually because you do not want to do something or meet someone:
Tina always does a vanishing act when my mother comes to stay.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Appearing & disappearing
- act
- bubble up
- come up
- conjure
- creep
- disappear off the face of the earth idiom
- drain
- emerge
- erupt
- evaporate
- face
- form
- manifestation
- melt
- pop
- puff
- pull
- pull sth up
- wither
- woodwork
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