To leave your workplace/a social event/a party with only a cursory explanation or without telling friends that you are leaving. Can also be used as a noun, e.g. to pull a vontae. A similar term is the Irish Exit.
The term came into use after the retirement of Vontae
Davis, formerly a professional football player for the NFL's Miami
Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, and Buffalo Bills. While playing for the Bills in a game on September 16, 2018, Vontae abruptly removed himself from the game during the first half, telling coaches only that he was "
done" and was retiring from the NFL. Vontae put on his street clothes at halftime and
left the stadium. Most of his teammates didn'
t know what had happened until after the game.
This was the first and only time that an NFL player retired from the
sport at halftime of a game.
Guy
1: This place sucks. Let's vontae.
Guy 2: Yeah let's get out of here.
Guy: What happened to you at the party last
night? I couldn't find you anywhere.
Girl: Sorry, I got
drunk and pulled a vontae.
