dash
v.— «I was quite relieved to make it to our beach front hotel after four hours of near-death experiences—i did not tip (or dash, as they call it here) the driver.» —“Chapter 11: the mullet goes south” by Brian J. Hough African Adventures (Sankpala, Ghana) June 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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