eat and run

English

Etymology

First attested in the first half of 1900s.[1]

Verb

eat and run (third-person singular simple present eats and runs, present participle eating and running, simple past ate and ran or (dialectal) et and ran or (obsolete) eat and ran, past participle eaten and run or (nonstandard, colloquial) eaten and ran or (dialectal) etten and run or (dialectal, nonstandard, colloquial) etten and ran or (nonstandard) ate and run or (nonstandard, nonstandard, colloquial) ate and ran)

  1. (intransitive, figurative, colloquial) To consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.[1]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat,‎ and,‎ run.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “eat and run” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 2025-08-13.

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