do a disappearing act
Vanish, as in As soon as the teacher came outside, Mary did a disappearing act. This expression describes a sudden disappearance as if by magic and presumably alludes to a magician's performance. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
Words Nearby do a disappearing act
- DNS
- do
- DOA
- doab
- doable
- do a disappearing act
- do a double take
- do a job on
- do-all
- do an about-face
- do any good
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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