"disappearing act" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982, William Repka, Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War",
          "text": "He suggested that we do a disappearing act some morning as soon as we got to the woods and he would make sure that the alarm would not be given […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Richard Azzolini, There's a Chef in Your Freezer",
          "text": "Onions do a disappearing act as they cook, shrinking about 80 percent of their volume.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "15 May 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.",
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        "A sudden disappearance; the act of leaving unexpectedly."
      ],
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          "disappearance",
          "disappearance"
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          "leaving",
          "leave"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "French leave"
        }
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "mutis por el foro"
        }
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  "word": "disappearing act"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1982, William Repka, Dangerous Patriots: Canada's Unknown Prisoners of War",
          "text": "He suggested that we do a disappearing act some morning as soon as we got to the woods and he would make sure that the alarm would not be given […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Richard Azzolini, There's a Chef in Your Freezer",
          "text": "Onions do a disappearing act as they cook, shrinking about 80 percent of their volume.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "15 May 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "It was a remarkable climax to a match that ended with another of those disappearing acts from John Terry only to re-emerge, in full kit, so he could climb the steps, shake the hands of Eusébio, Michel Platini and all the other dignitaries, then help Frank Lampard to lift the trophy.",
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        "A sudden disappearance; the act of leaving unexpectedly."
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      "word": "mutis por el foro"
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  "word": "disappearing act"
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