pull a vanishing act

idiom

informal
: to go somewhere out of sight : to disappear
He pulled a vanishing act when the check for the meal arrived.

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“Pull a vanishing act.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pull%20a%20vanishing%20act. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

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