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 […]

Onions do a disappearing act as they cook, shrinking about 80 percent of their volume.

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.

Disappearing act

Meaning

Noun