"eat and run" meaning in All languages combined

See eat and run on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: eats and runs [present, singular, third-person], eating and running [participle, present], ate and ran [past], eaten and run [participle, past]
Etymology: First attested in the first half of 1900s. Etymology templates: {{etydate|first half of 1900s}} First attested in the first half of 1900s Head templates: {{en-verb|eat<,,ate,eaten> and run<,,ran,run>}} eat and run (third-person singular simple present eats and runs, present participle eating and running, simple past ate and ran, past participle eaten and run)
  1. (intransitive, figurative, colloquial) To consume a meal/snack quickly, then soon after depart immediately and/or in a hurry. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-eat_and_run-en-verb-fAFPHsr3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, and, run.
    Sense id: en-eat_and_run-en-verb-bAdEutJe

Inflected forms

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