DO A RUNNER meaning: Leave suddenly to avoid payment - OneLook

Usually means: Leave suddenly to avoid payment.

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do a runner: Merriam-Webster
do a runner: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
do a runner: Collins English Dictionary
do a runner: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
do a runner: Wiktionary
do a runner: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

do a runner: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
Runner, do a: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook

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Definitions from Wiktionary (do a runner)

▸ verb: (UK, informal) to leave somewhere hurriedly.

Similar:

rush off, make a run for it, take a running jump, hightail it, make tracks, run for it, take to one's heels, skedaddle, run away, make a break for it, more...

Opposite:

stay, remain, stick around, linger, abide

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Similar:

rush off, make a run for it, take a running jump, hightail it, make tracks, run for it, take to one's heels, skedaddle, run away, make a break for it, more...

Opposite:

stay, remain, stick around, linger, abide

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