dine and dash

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.

Canada, US, informal

Equivalents

Españolhacer perro muerto hacer un pagadiós hacer un simpahacer un sinpa pagadiós perro muerto simpa sinpa

Françaisfilouterie grivèlerie resto-basket

Deutschdie Zeche prellen Zechprellerei

7 more languages

Bosanskisimpa

Hrvatskisimpa

Italianomangia e scappa

日本語無銭飲食

Nederlandseetpiraterij

Српскиsimpa

Svenskaspringis springnota

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

dine-and-dasher Dined Dinedor dinee Dineen Dineh

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