do a Reggie Perrin
verbEtymology
From the name of the main character in the British sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, who faked his own suicide.
Definitions
To fake one's own suicide.
- 2003, Anthony Hulse, Insanity Never Sleeps, Mediaworld PR Ltd, →ISBN, page 20, “Bloody hell, can’t you do a Reggie Perrin luv? Leave your clothes on Redcar beach and when I receive the dosh I’ll meet you in Australia?”
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