dine and dash
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dine and dash
- /ˈdaɪ̯n ən(d)ˈ(ʔ)dæʃ/
- /-ˌænd-/
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(OED) First attested in 1979 (verb). First attested in 1981 (noun).
verb dines and dashes · dining and dashing · dined and dashed · dine-and-dash
- To commit the crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying. Dine-and-dashed for an ice cream sundae. I did it two or three times a month. Kept it to a hot fudge sundae—never real food or anything like that.
noun dine and dashes · dine-and-dash
- The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying. He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers.
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verb to leave a restaurant without paying after eating
| Español | hacer perro muerto, hacer un simpa, hacer un sinpa, hacer un pagadiós |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무전취식(無錢取食)하다 mujeonchwisikhada, 먹튀하다 meoktwihada |
| 日本語 | 無銭飲食する musen inshoku suru |
| 中文 | 吃霸王餐, 白吃白喝 báichībáihē |
| Deutsch | die Zeche prellen |
noun leaving a restaurant without paying after eating
| Español | simpa, perro muerto, sinpa, pagadiós |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 무전취식 mujeonchwisik, 먹튀 meoktwi |
| 日本語 | 無銭飲食 musen inshoku |
| 中文 | 霸王餐 bàwángcān |
| Français | grivèlerie, resto-basket, filouterie |
| Deutsch | Zechprellerei |
| Italiano | mangia e scappa |
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