disappearing act

disappearing act

A quick or sudden departure without warning, especially so as to avoid something. My roommate loves to throw parties here, but she always pulls a disappearing act the next day when everything needs to be cleaned up! My kids always do a disappearing act when I tell them it's time for their chores. I bet the interns pulled a disappearing act because they heard you want them to stuff envelopes!

See also: act, disappear

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