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runs and guns

runs and guns is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs and guns

What is runs and guns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs and guns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run and gun.

Words near runs and guns in the dictionary

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

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