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Do a runner

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To leave somewhere hurriedly, especially to avoid paying. UK, informal

    "A fortnight ago, in his “Money talks” column, Patrick Collinson related how, at an airport restaurant earlier this month, he was told by a waiter that they had to pick up the tab if a customer did a runner. Yet the company in charge vehemently denied the account, saying: “This does not take place.”"

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