do a runner

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do a runner

verb does a runner · doing a runner · did a runner · done a runner

UK, informal To leave somewhere hurriedly, especially to avoid paying. A fortnight ago, in his “Money talks” column, Patrick Collinson related how, at an airport restaurant earlier this month, he was told by a waiter that they had to pick up the tab if a customer did a runner. Yet the company in charge vehemently denied the account, saying: “This does not take place.”

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@misc{do_a_runner_2026,
  title = {do a runner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20a%20runner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}