Tiếng Việt · Slang Attested

chạy mất dép

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

To flee in such a panic that you leave your sandals behind — to run for it, comically fast.

Literally: To run until your sandals are lost.

Joking about scrambling away from anything scary or awkward.

Where it’s used: Used Toàn quốc & hải ngoại · Vietnam-wide & diaspora Origin Mạng xã hội · Vietnamese internet culture

Chó nhà bà Tư sổng chuồng, tụi nhỏ chạy mất dép.Mrs. Tư’s dog got loose and the kids ran clean out of their sandals.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)

Sources & notes

Curated editorially (owner-requested humorous-slang research, July 2026). Era: Long-established colloquialism.

Equivalents & related

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Topics: Clothes

What does “chạy mất dép” mean?

To flee in such a panic that you leave your sandals behind — to run for it, comically fast. Literally: To run until your sandals are lost.

Is “chạy mất dép” formal or informal?

chạy mất dép is generally informal; connotation: humorous.