tip the double

verb

To bolt; to run away without paying.

Meanings

verbtip the double (third-person singular simple present tips the double, present participle tipping the double, simple past and past participle tipped the double)

present singular third person tips the double · participle present tipping the double · participle past tipped the double · past tipped the double

  1. UKobsoleteslangTo bolt; to run away without paying.
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APA

tip the double. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20double

MLA

“tip the double.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20double. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tip the double,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20double.

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