hit and run
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hit and run
Rhymes with -ʌn
noun hit and runs · hit-and-run
- The 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
- 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.
- The 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.
- Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.
verb hits and runs · hitting and running · hit and ran · hit and run · hit-and-run
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To hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.
Similar: hit-skip
- To 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
- To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
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Synonym of pick and pass.
Similar: pick and pass
- To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.
- To 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.
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noun the crime of causing an accident and leaving
| Español | delito de fuga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뺑소니 ppaengsoni |
| 日本語 | 轢き逃げ, ひき逃げ hikinige |
| 中文 | 肇事逃逸 zhàoshì táoyì, 撞人逃逸 zhuàngrén táoyì |
| Português | atropelamento e fuga |
| Français | délit de fuite |
| Deutsch | Fahrerflucht |
| Italiano | omissione di soccorso |
| Русский | бе́гство води́теля с ме́ста доро́жного происше́ствия bégstvo vodítelja s mésta doróžnovo proisšéstvija |
| עברית | פגע וברח pagá uvarákh |
noun baseball play
| 한국어 | 히트 앤드 런 hiteu aendeu reon |
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| 日本語 | ヒットエンドラン hitto endo ran |
| 中文 | 打帶跑 /打带跑 dǎdàipǎo |
| Italiano | batti e corri |
noun military tactic
| Español | táctica de ataque y retirada, golpe y fuga, ataques relámpago |
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| 한국어 | 일격이탈 ilgyeogital |
| 日本語 | 一撃離脱 ichigekiridatsu |
| 中文 | 一擊脫離 /一击脱离 yìjītuōlí |
| Français | tactique du hit-and-run |
| Deutsch | Schnellangriffstaktik, Fluchttaktik |
| Italiano | tattiche mordi e fuggi |
| Русский | ударил-убежал udaril-ubežal, соколиный удар sokolinyj udar |
| Tiếng Việt | đánh và chạy, đánh rồi rút, tấn công và chạy |
verb hit someone with a vehicle then leave
| 中文 | 肇事逃逸 zhàoshì táoyì, 撞人逃逸 zhuàngrén táoyì |
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| Русский | скры́ться с ме́ста ДТП skrýtʹsja s mésta DTP |
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title = {hit and run},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hit%20and%20run},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
