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gas and dashes

gas and dashes is the plural of gas and dash.

Meaning of gas and dash

Noun

gas and dash (plural gas and dashes)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) 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

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Questions about gas and dashes

What is gas and dashes the plural of?
Gas and dashes is the plural of gas and dash.

Words near gas and dashes in the dictionary

  1. Garífuna
  2. Garčin
  3. gas
  4. gas and air
  5. gas and dash
  6. gas and dashes
  7. gas and gaiters
  8. gas and go
  9. gas and goes
  10. gas and gos
  11. gas balloon

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