gas and dash
gas and dash verb: to commit the act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank.
Verb
gas and dash (third-person singular simple present gases and dashes or gasses and dashes, present participle gassing and dashing, simple past and past participle gassed and dashed)
- To commit the act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank.
- Starting July 1, Kansas motorists who repeatedly gas and dash could lose their driver's licenses.2000 June 23, “Gas-and-dash thefts rise with high fuel prices”, in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, US: Associated Press
- With the price of gas up 26% over the past year . . . too many Americans are filling up without paying up.2005 August 16, Logan Orlando, “Don't Try to Gas and Dash”, in Time, US
Noun
gas and dash (plural gas and dashes)
- The criminal act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank.
- Everyone in Ontario who owns a 2002 to 2006 Nissan Altima will be contacted under an intense police investigation now under way to find the driver responsible for a deadly gas-and-dash theft.2011 June 8, Bob Mitchell, “‘We will find you,’ police warn driver in gas-and-dash death”, in Toronto Star, Canada
- [A] private member’s bill . . . would compel drivers to prepay for all gas purchases. . . . [S]ince British Columbia put a similar law in place, gas-and-dashes have ceased.2012 October 16, Timothy Appleby, “Crime Stoppers launches ‘gas and dash’ awareness campaign”, in Globe and Mail, Canada
- Synonyms:
- drive-off, fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and go, pump and jump
Synonyms of gas and dash
Forms of gas and dash
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | gases and dashes |
| third-person singular present | gasses and dashes |
| present participle | gassing and dashing |
| past participle | gassed and dashed |
| past | gassed and dashed |
| alternative form | gas-and-dash |
| Noun | |
| plural | gas and dashes |
Questions about gas and dash
- What does gas and dash mean?
- Gas and dash means to commit the act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank.
- What part of speech is gas and dash?
- Gas and dash can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of gas and dash?
- The past tense of gas and dash is gassed and dashed.
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