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make oneself scarce

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American soundmake oneself scarce
makeoneselfscarce
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make - oneself - scarce -> make oneself scarce

Myanmar meaning

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scarce /skeǝs/ adj (-er , -est )

ရှားပါးသော။ scarce resources ❍ Money/ Labour was scarce. ❍ Food soon became scarcer and more expensive. Compare PLENTIFUL ❍ RARE
❏ make oneself scarce [IDM ] (infml )
အသာလစ် ထွက်ပြေးသည်။ ရှောင်ပေးသည်။
I could tell they wanted to be left alone so I made myself scarce.
❏ scarcity /'skeǝsǝti/ n [C,U] ရှားပါးမှု။ frequent scarcities of raw materials ❍ The scarcity of food forced prices up.

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  • scarce /skeǝs/ adj ( -er , -est ) ရှားပါးသော။ scarce resources
  • Money/ Labour was scarce.
  • Food soon became scarcer and more expensive. Compare PLENTIFUL
  • The scarcity of food forced prices up.
Synonyms
in short supply, limited, inadequate, scant, insufficient, sparse, meager, rare, a moment ago, at a premium, at this moment, by very little, deficient, failing, few, few and far between, infrequent, just, just a while ago, just now, occasional, right now, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sporadic, threatened, truncated, uncommon, unusual, wanting
Antonyms
abundant, adequate, ample, common, frequent, plentiful, satisfactory, sufficient
Cross references
in short supplylimitedinadequatescantinsufficientsparsemeagerrarea moment agoat a premiumat this momentby very littledeficientfailingfewfew and far betweeninfrequentjustjust a while agojust nowoccasionalright nowscantyseldomseldom met withsemioccasionalshortshortened
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