Idiom idiom
moonlight flit
Meaning
An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The tenant did a moonlight flit to avoid paying the rent.”
“When the landlord arrived to collect the overdue money, he discovered the apartment was empty after the tenant's moonlight flit.”
“Fearing the consequences of his mounting debts, he packed his few remaining belongings and performed a desperate moonlight flit under the cover of darkness.”
Origin
From moonlight + flit.
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Last updated August 10, 2026