do a runner

English

Verb

do a runner (third-person singular simple present does a runner, present participle doing a runner, simple past did a runner, past participle done a runner)

(Britain, informal) to leave somewhere hurriedly.

See also

dine and dash

References

“do-a-runner” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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