do a runner
do a runner verb: to leave somewhere hurriedly, especially to avoid paying.
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)
- To leave somewhere hurriedly, especially to avoid paying.
- 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.”2018 March 24, “True or false? 'If you do a runner, the waiter has to pay your bill'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
do a runner meaning in Malayalam
do a runner in Malayalam
- abscond, flee, fly
- ഒളിച്ചോടുക, രഹസ്യമായി കടന്നുകളയുക, ഒളിച്ചുപൊയ്ക്കളയുക, തറുവുക, ഒളിച്ചുപോവുക, നാടുവിടുക
Forms of do a runner
| third-person singular present | does a runner |
|---|---|
| present participle | doing a runner |
| past | did a runner |
| past participle | done a runner |
Questions about do a runner
- What does do a runner mean?
- Do a runner means to leave somewhere hurriedly, especially to avoid paying.
- What is do a runner in Malayalam?
- Do a runner in Malayalam is ഒളിച്ചോടുക, രഹസ്യമായി കടന്നുകളയുക, ഒളിച്ചുപൊയ്ക്കളയുക. See Do a runner meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is do a runner?
- Do a runner is a verb.
- What is the past tense of do a runner?
- The past tense of do a runner is did a runner.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: do a runner (page history and authors); do a runner (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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