Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

making oneself scarce

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables
mak-ing one-self s-carce
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of make oneself scarce

Questions

What does making oneself scarce mean?
present participle and gerund of make oneself scarce

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