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midnight run

midnight run noun: an unannounced departure from a teaching job at a school in Korea (or rarely elsewhere), in which a teacher leaves the job or country without warning, typically to escape abusive working conditions.

Noun

midnight run (plural midnight runs)

  1. An unannounced departure from a teaching job at a school in Korea (or rarely elsewhere), in which a teacher leaves the job or country without warning, typically to escape abusive working conditions.
    • […] the likelihood of them […] doing a midnight run to the airport in the dead of night after that first paycheck.2009, Scott Phillips, Confessions of an Expat, page 4
    • In frustration, teachers do the midnight run and managers go mad, yelling, screaming , and ripping the teachers off […]2010, Melissa Christine Karpinski, Teaching in the Land of Kimchi: Discovering South Korea, page 51

Forms of midnight run

pluralmidnight runs

Questions about midnight run

What does midnight run mean?
Midnight run means an unannounced departure from a teaching job at a school in Korea (or rarely elsewhere), in which a teacher leaves the job or country without warning, typically to escape abusive working conditions.
What part of speech is midnight run?
Midnight run is a noun.
What is the plural of midnight run?
The plural of midnight run is midnight runs.

Words near midnight run in the dictionary

  1. midnight movies
  2. midnight munchies
  3. midnight oil
  4. midnight regulation
  5. midnight regulations
  6. midnight run
  7. midnight runner
  8. midnight runners
  9. midnight runs
  10. midnight snack
  11. midnight snacks

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