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eats and runs

eats and runs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat and run.

Meaning of eat and run

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.

Questions about eats and runs

What is eats and runs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Eats and runs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of eat and run.

Words near eats and runs in the dictionary

  1. eatress
  2. eatresses
  3. eats
  4. eats an elephant one bite at a time
  5. eats and leaves no crumbs
  6. eats and runs
  7. eats ass
  8. eats away
  9. eats away at
  10. eats beaver
  11. eats boiled crow

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