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ran and gunned

ran and gunned is the simple past of run and gun.

Meaning of run and gun

Verb

run and gun (third-person singular simple present runs and guns, present participle running and gunning, simple past ran and gunned, past participle run and gunned)

  1. (attributive, often) To move the ball quickly and shoot often.
    • This team likes to run and gun.
  2. (idiomatic) To do something hastily and with great energy.
    • It has this sort of impulsiveness to it: “One and done.” We do full, A-story episodes in one chunk. For episode six we had Lauren Lapkus, Horatio Sanz, Mitch Hurwitz, me, Mike and Meghan O’Neill in the studio for four hours…we can’t get those people back! So we have to run and gun it.2016 March 4, Drew Grant, “‘Animals.’ Creators Mike Luciano and Phil Matarese on Making a D.I.Y. Cartoon for HBO”, in Observer

Questions about ran and gunned

What is ran and gunned the simple past of?
Ran and gunned is the simple past of run and gun.

Words near ran and gunned in the dictionary

  1. ran ahead
  2. ran along
  3. ran amok
  4. ran amuck
  5. ran an errand
  6. ran and gunned
  7. ran and repeated
  8. ran around
  9. ran around after
  10. ran around like a chicken with its head cut off
  11. ran around with

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