do a runner

Verb

Meaning

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)

(UK, informal) to leave somewhere hurriedly.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

levant take flight abscond run away steal away bug out fly the coop scarper head for the hills beat a retreat

Antonyms

pay stay stick repay clog bide

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Close letter words and terms

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