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Definition of disappearing act in English: disappearing actnoun informal An instance of someone being impossible to find, especially when they are required to face something unpleasant. 〈非正式〉（尤指需面对困难或不愉快的事情时）（某人的）消失，不见踪影 I don't want you doing a disappearing act on me 我可不希望你跟我玩失踪的把戏。 Example sentencesExamples - And there are yet more disappearing acts after payday.
- And let's not even get into the allegations of wife-beating, the disappearing acts and the gambling sprees that have left him, more than once, on the precipice of bankruptcy.
- Frequent disappearing acts could be signs your mate has diverted his or her attention to someone else, experts say.
- I got to recognize his legs from afar because if he ever saw me coming, he would do a quick disappearing act back into the crowd.
- But legal verdicts on some of the other disappearing acts must be regarded as unsafe.
- The story goes that he pinned the officer up against the wall while his athletes performed a hasty disappearing act.
- We both laugh when the cats pull their disappearing act and I answer the question ‘Where are they?’
- I gave in to the compulsion to do a disappearing act at the end of the night.
- You're not alone - lots of kids have parents who seem to pull disappearing acts.
- She's around when things are peachy, but when you're upset or frustrated because you have to deal with some muck in your life, like a family crisis, she pulls a disappearing act.
- Back home, my wallet had done a disappearing act.
- A lesser man might just pull a disappearing act, but not Mike Brown.
- Police are trying to trace the wife of a professional clown after she did a disappearing act and ran away from a travelling circus in County Durham.
- He is rarely seen around Labour's new campaign headquarters - and last week, when the government's credibility was again in question, Brown pulled off another one of his disappearing acts, leaving his Cabinet colleagues to fight it out.
- Court Judge Abraham Clott issued the warrant after calling the actress' case three times before being informed of her disappearing act..
- Understandably, his disappearing act created a stir and there you feared for the old man.
- After the high-profile withdrawals of Colin Montgomerie, Stephen Gallacher and David Howell, all injured, the last thing this rather beleaguered event needed was more disappearing acts.
- The cat with a wandering spirit had been missing for nearly two weeks - longer than his previous disappearing act.
- Tanner still hasn't got together with Tamara and Anne, who live a few miles from him but remain wounded by his disappearing act and the welter of excuses he gave.
- Nobody is questioning he is a quality player, but he has done a couple of disappearing acts in the past.
Definition of disappearing act in US English: disappearing actnoun informal An instance of someone being impossible to find, especially when they are required to face something unpleasant. 〈非正式〉（尤指需面对困难或不愉快的事情时）（某人的）消失，不见踪影 Example sentencesExamples - Court Judge Abraham Clott issued the warrant after calling the actress' case three times before being informed of her disappearing act..
- But legal verdicts on some of the other disappearing acts must be regarded as unsafe.
- After the high-profile withdrawals of Colin Montgomerie, Stephen Gallacher and David Howell, all injured, the last thing this rather beleaguered event needed was more disappearing acts.
- I gave in to the compulsion to do a disappearing act at the end of the night.
- The cat with a wandering spirit had been missing for nearly two weeks - longer than his previous disappearing act.
- And there are yet more disappearing acts after payday.
- Police are trying to trace the wife of a professional clown after she did a disappearing act and ran away from a travelling circus in County Durham.
- We both laugh when the cats pull their disappearing act and I answer the question ‘Where are they?’
- He is rarely seen around Labour's new campaign headquarters - and last week, when the government's credibility was again in question, Brown pulled off another one of his disappearing acts, leaving his Cabinet colleagues to fight it out.
- She's around when things are peachy, but when you're upset or frustrated because you have to deal with some muck in your life, like a family crisis, she pulls a disappearing act.
- You're not alone - lots of kids have parents who seem to pull disappearing acts.
- The story goes that he pinned the officer up against the wall while his athletes performed a hasty disappearing act.
- A lesser man might just pull a disappearing act, but not Mike Brown.
- And let's not even get into the allegations of wife-beating, the disappearing acts and the gambling sprees that have left him, more than once, on the precipice of bankruptcy.
- Nobody is questioning he is a quality player, but he has done a couple of disappearing acts in the past.
- Understandably, his disappearing act created a stir and there you feared for the old man.
- Tanner still hasn't got together with Tamara and Anne, who live a few miles from him but remain wounded by his disappearing act and the welter of excuses he gave.
- I got to recognize his legs from afar because if he ever saw me coming, he would do a quick disappearing act back into the crowd.
- Back home, my wallet had done a disappearing act.
- Frequent disappearing acts could be signs your mate has diverted his or her attention to someone else, experts say.
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