English Explanatory Dictionary

eat and run

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, and, run.

Word forms

eat and run eats and runs eating and running ate and ran eaten and run

Etymology

First attested in the first half of 1900s.

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