gas and dash

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gas and dash

verb gases and dashes · gasses and dashes · gassing and dashing · gassed and dashed · gas-and-dash

  1. Canada, US, informal To commit the act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank. Starting July 1, Kansas motorists who repeatedly gas and dash could lose their driver's licenses.

noun gas and dashes · gas-and-dash

  1. Canada, US, informal The criminal act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank. Everyone in Ontario who owns a 2002 to 2006 Nissan Altima will be contacted under an intense police investigation now under way to find the driver responsible for a deadly gas-and-dash theft.

    Similar: drive-off, fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and go, pump and jump

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@misc{gas_and_dash_2026,
  title = {gas and dash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gas%20and%20dash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}