dined and dashed
Left without paying
Dined and dashed describes leaving a restaurant without paying for one's meal.
The phrase is the past tense of dine and dash, treating the act as a single compound verb: We dined and dashed at that Italian place when we were broke teenagers.
The practice is theft, though the phrase often carries a tone of youthful mischief rather than serious crime.
- theftUnlawful taking of property
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- irresponsibilityFailure to meet obligations
- social contractAgreement exchanging freedom for order
- billAmount owed, written
deception · dishonesty · opportunism · crime · petty crime · waiter · impulsivity · penalty · check · free meal · accountability · restitution · runner · skip out · misdemeanor · risk-taking · culpability · selfishness