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)

1. (UK, informal) to leave somewhere hurriedly.

See also

• dine and dash

References

• “do-a-runner”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.