"do a Reggie Perrin" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-do a Reggie Perrin.ogg [Australia] Forms: does a Reggie Perrin [present, singular, third-person], doing a Reggie Perrin [participle, present], did a Reggie Perrin [past], done a Reggie Perrin [participle, past]
Etymology: From the name of the main character in the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, who faked his own suicide. Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> a Reggie Perrin|head=do a Reggie Perrin}} do a Reggie Perrin (third-person singular simple present does a Reggie Perrin, present participle doing a Reggie Perrin, simple past did a Reggie Perrin, past participle done a Reggie Perrin)
  1. (British, slang) To fake one's own suicide. Tags: British, slang Categories (topical): Suicide
    Sense id: en-do_a_Reggie_Perrin-en-verb-DTkznpN~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

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          "text": "1998, \"Whispering Bob\", \"There must be more to life than this!\", uk.local.southwest, Usenet,\nAnyway, I went to Weymouth Yesterday, and sat on the beach thinking I could do a Reggie Perrin, so I took off all my clothes, and ran into the sea. I had planned to fake my own death, but for those of you who don't know, Weymouth's beach is a tad shallow, and is so for a considerable distance, well I ran as far as I could before my gonads rested in my throat cos of the cold and decided...THERE HAS TO BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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          "text": "2003, Anthony Hulse, Insanity Never Sleeps, Mediaworld PR Ltd, →ISBN, page 20,\n“Bloody hell, can’t you do a Reggie Perrin luv? Leave your clothes on Redcar beach and when I receive the dosh I’ll meet you in Australia?”"
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          "text": "2007, Anthony Rosen, An UnOrdinary Life: Memoirs of Anthony Rosen, Roundtuit Publishing, →ISBN, page 135,\nFollowing a mental breakdown in 1973, he did a “Reggie Perrin”, but was arrested in mistake for Lord Lucan (the peer wanted for murder) in Australia on Christmas Eve 1974."
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          "text": "2003, Anthony Hulse, Insanity Never Sleeps, Mediaworld PR Ltd, →ISBN, page 20,\n“Bloody hell, can’t you do a Reggie Perrin luv? Leave your clothes on Redcar beach and when I receive the dosh I’ll meet you in Australia?”"
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