hit and run

hit and runnoun

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  lawThe crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.

  • But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet / And just lay her out in the darkest street / And by morning, she's just another hit and run
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  ball-gamesbaseballgamesA play where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage.

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  governmentmilitarypoliticsThe tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.

  • It used it as a launching pad of its hit and run attacks against Yugoslavia with the full—though clandestine—support of the Bulgarian Ministry of War and Fascist Italy.
  • In the city centre far from the stadium, what the mayor, Femke Halsema, has described as violent “hit and run” attacks on Israeli supporters by groups of local people took place.
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  slangSexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.

hit and runverb

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  informalTo hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.

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  slangTo engage in sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; to engage in a one-night stand.

  • You can't hit and run / I've got to be number one / Better make up your mind / 'Cause you'll never find a love so divine
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  card-gamespokerTo join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.

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  backgammongamesSynonym of pick and pass.

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  slangTo download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.

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  ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo leave the base before the batter hits the ball.

  • This manager, in keeping with all other famous managers, believed that batting was the thing which won games. He developed a hard-hitting team. He kept everlastingly at them to hit and run, hit and run.