done a bunk

A form of do a bunk — To escape or flee, especially under incriminating circumstances.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of do a bunk

    "Where's Professor Snape?" shouted a girl from the Slytherin table. "He has, to use the common phrase, done a bunk," replied Professor McGonagall, and a great cheer erupted from the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws.

    2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, USA: Arthur A. Levine Books, page 609
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