do a get
Meaning
To make a hasty retreat; to run off.
Example
When the cops turned up, the lot of them did a get.
Origin
From 'get' in the sense of 'get away'.
Nearby words
- dirty onAnnoyed or angry with someone; holding a grudge against them.
- dishlickerA greyhound.
- divvy vanA police van used to carry people who have been arrested.
- do a BradburyTo win or succeed unexpectedly, especially because everyone ahead of you falls over or fails.
- do a guyTo make off; to disappear or abscond.
- do a Harold HoltTo bolt; to leave suddenly or disappear.
- do a perishTo suffer badly from lack of food or water, or more loosely to go without something.
- do the BlockTo stroll along the fashionable stretch of Collins Street, Melbourne, to see and be seen. Dated.