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eat and run

eat and run verb: to consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.

Verb

eat and run (third-person singular simple present eats and runs, present participle eating and running, simple past ate and ran, past participle eaten and run)

  1. (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive) To consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, and, run.

Forms of eat and run

third-person singular presenteats and runs
present participleeating and running
pastate and ran
past participleeaten and run

Origin of eat and run

First attested in the first half of 1900s.

Questions about eat and run

What does eat and run mean?
Eat and run means to consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.
What part of speech is eat and run?
Eat and run is a verb.
What is the past tense of eat and run?
The past tense of eat and run is ate and ran.

Words near eat and run in the dictionary

  1. eat a burger
  2. eat a dick
  3. eat an elephant one bite at a time
  4. eat and leave no crumbs
  5. eat and ran
  6. eat and run
  7. eat ass
  8. Eat at Joe's
  9. eat away
  10. eat away at
  11. eat beaver

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