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midnight runs

midnight runs is the plural of midnight run.

Meaning of midnight run

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

Questions about midnight runs

What is midnight runs the plural of?
Midnight runs is the plural of midnight run.

Words near midnight runs in the dictionary

  1. midnight regulation
  2. midnight regulations
  3. midnight run
  4. midnight runner
  5. midnight runners
  6. midnight runs
  7. midnight snack
  8. midnight snacks
  9. midnight sun
  10. midnight suns
  11. midnight zone

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