drive-off

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drive-off

noun drive-offs · drive off · driveoff

  1. The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking.
  2. The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.
  3. A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.
  4. A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.

Similar: fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and dash, gas and go, pump and jump, bilking

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noun the act of leaving someplace without paying

Españolirse sin pagar, hacer un simpa

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@misc{drive_off_2026,
  title = {drive-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drive-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}