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A contraction of several related longer expressions like do a runner, do a bunk, do a flit and do a moonlight flit
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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A contraction of several related longer expressions like do a runner, do a bunk, do a flit and do a moonlight flit
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.