Usually means: Avoid being present or found.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word make oneself scarce:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. make oneself scarce: Merriam-Webster
  2. make oneself scarce: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. make oneself scarce: Collins English Dictionary
  4. make oneself scarce: Wiktionary
  5. make oneself scarce: Dictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make oneself scarce: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make oneself scarce: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (make oneself scarce)

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

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