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hit-and-run
[hit-n-ruhn]
adjective
guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible.
a hit-and-run driver.
involving or resulting from such action or conduct.
hit-and-run fatalities.
Baseball.pertaining to or noting a play in which, to get a head start, a base runner begins to run to the next base as the pitcher delivers the ball to the batter, who must try to hit it in order to protect the runner.
marked by taking flight immediately after a quick, concentrated attack.
a hit-and-run raid.
verb (used without object)
Baseball.to attempt or execute a hit-and-run play.
hit-and-run
adjective
involved in or denoting a motor-vehicle accident in which the driver leaves the scene without stopping to give assistance, inform the police, etc
( as noun )
a hit-and-run
(of an attack, raid, etc) relying on surprise allied to a rapid departure from the scene of operations for the desired effect
hit-and-run tactics
baseball denoting a play in which a base runner begins to run as the pitcher throws the ball to the batter
Other 51Թ Forms
- hit-and-runner noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hit-and-run1
Example Sentences
The allegations included a reported hit-and-run incident, as well as claims that some British soldiers had got local women pregnant before abandoning them and their children when they returned to the UK.
Two men have been charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder after a 16-year-old died in an alleged hit-and-run.
The allegations including a reported hit-and-run incident, and claims that some British soldiers had got local women pregnant before abandoning them and their children when they returned to the UK.
Greater Manchester Police have arrested a man after a police sergeant was injured in an alleged hit-and-run.
A teenager who left a carer for dead in a hit-and-run crash has been sentenced to four years in a young offenders' institution.
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