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hit-and-run
[ hit-n-ruhn ]
adjective
- guilty of fleeing the scene of an accident or injury one has caused, especially a vehicular accident, thereby attempting to evade being identified and held responsible:
a hit-and-run driver.
- involving or resulting from such action or conduct:
hit-and-run fatalities.
- Baseball. pertaining to or noting a play in which, to get a head start, a base runner begins to run to the next base as the pitcher delivers the ball to the batter, who must try to hit it in order to protect the runner.
- marked by taking flight immediately after a quick, concentrated attack:
a hit-and-run raid.
verb (used without object)
- Baseball. to attempt or execute a hit-and-run play.
hit-and-run
adjective
- involved in or denoting a motor-vehicle accident in which the driver leaves the scene without stopping to give assistance, inform the police, etc
- ( as noun )
a hit-and-run
- (of an attack, raid, etc) relying on surprise allied to a rapid departure from the scene of operations for the desired effect
hit-and-run tactics
- baseball denoting a play in which a base runner begins to run as the pitcher throws the ball to the batter
Other Word Forms
- -Ի-ܲn noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of hit-and-run1
Example Sentences
Police said that one of the hit-and-run suspects was detained but released after questioning, pending charges.
He has previously been convicted of and served time for assault with a deadly weapon, driving under the influence, felony vandalism and a hit-and-run, according to court records.
The fatal hit-and-run is one in a string of street racing and street takeover deaths and injuries in Los Angeles.
Prior to that, Bynes had engaged in a range of erratic behavior — including incidents involving alleged hit-and-run and DUI — before she was possibly diagnosed with mental illness in 2014.
The chaos began with three suspects fleeing a hit-and-run on the 134 Freeway around 3:25 p.m.
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