hit and run

Definitions

1. The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
   countable, uncountable
2. A 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.
   countable, uncountable
3. The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
   countable, uncountable
4. Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.
   countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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⟳”

“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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