hit-run

Noun

hit and run (countable and uncountable, plural hit and runs)

1. 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 run1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle
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.
3. 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.2002, Samuel Vaknin, Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
4. (idiomatic, slang) Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.

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