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hit-and-run

hit-and-run adjective: of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run. Also the alternative form of hit and run.

Adjective

hit-and-run (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
    • If observed, approach with extreme caution and inform nearest control of contact. Both subjects now under multiple federal warrants charging bank robbery, murder, and hit-and-run murder.1963 February, Rick Raphael, “Code Three”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
    • During the Reaper attack on Thessia, the asari armada used Janiri as a staging base for their hit-and-run attacks on the invading Reapers, striking, jumping to FTL to lose pursuers, and discharging the static into Janiri's magnetic field as they prepared for another attack.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Janiri

Also used as

hit-and-run is also the alternative form of hit and run.

Forms of hit-and-run

pluralhit-and-runs

Questions about hit-and-run

What does hit-and-run mean?
Hit-and-run means of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.
What part of speech is hit-and-run?
Hit-and-run is an adjective.

Words near hit-and-run in the dictionary

  1. hit wicket
  2. hit with
  3. hit with the stupid stick
  4. hit-a-pin bagatelle
  5. hit-and-miss
  6. hit-and-run
  7. hit-and-runner
  8. hit-and-runners
  9. hit-and-runs
  10. hit-box
  11. hit-boxes

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