Usually means: Spend more than you earn.
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  1. outrun the constable: Wiktionary
  2. Outrun the Constable: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  3. outrun the constable: FreeDictionary.org

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  1. outrun the constable: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outrun the constable)

▸ verb:  (dated) To spend more than one's income; to get into debt.

Similar:
overrun the constable, outrun, run up, kick over the traces, outbooze, outborrow, outbet, outwager, outbribe, run one's face, more...

Opposite:
get caught, be apprehended, be arrested

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Similar:
overrun the constable, outrun, run up, kick over the traces, outbooze, outborrow, outbet, outwager, outbribe, run one's face, more...

Opposite:
get caught, be apprehended, be arrested



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