"gas and dash" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gas and dash.wav Forms: gas and dashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gas and dash (plural gas and dashes)
  1. (informal, Canada, US) The criminal act of driving away from a gasoline station without paying after filling one's gas tank. Tags: Canada, US, informal Categories (topical): Automotive, Crime Synonyms: drive-off, fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and go, pump and jump, gas-and-dash Related terms: dine and dash
    Sense id: en-gas_and_dash-en-noun-9rJfZOMs Disambiguation of Automotive: 49 51 Disambiguation of Crime: 78 22 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gas and dash.wav Forms: gasses and dashes [present, singular, third-person], gases and dashes [present, singular, third-person], gassing and dashing [participle, present], gassed and dashed [participle, past], gassed and dashed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|gas<++> and dash<>|pres_3sg2=gases and dashes}} gas and dash (third-person singular simple present gasses and dashes or gases and dashes, present participle gassing and dashing, simple past and past participle gassed and dashed)
  1. (informal, Canada, US) To commit such an act. Tags: Canada, US, informal Categories (topical): Automotive
    Sense id: en-gas_and_dash-en-verb-1WnzfcW6 Disambiguation of Automotive: 49 51 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 55 45

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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