dine and dash (for drinks); leaving without paying for drinks
Specifically refers to leaving a bar, pub, or restaurant without paying for alcoholic beverages consumed.
Apparently there was a customer who left without paying for their drinks yesterday.
Leaving without paying for your drinks is a crime.
Standard kanji spelling.
Less common variant without okurigana.
Compound of 飲み (drinking) + 逃げ (running away).