dine and dash
(North America, informal) The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.
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(North America, informal) 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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(North America, informal) To commit such an act.
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