do a bunk
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Meaning · English
to leave quickly or escape
Literally: make a bunk bed
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
‘ Your Negotiator has done a bunk,’ he said flatly.
The lads arrive at the local nick to find their Houdini pa has done a bunk and they wander about the country trying to locate him, pitching up in a one horse Long Island seaside town.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “do a bunk” mean?
to leave quickly or escape Literally: make a bunk bed
Is “do a bunk” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.