hit and run

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

1. (law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
   • 1978, Lou Reed, “Street Hassle”, in Street Hassle:

     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 run

2. (baseball) 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. (military) The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
   • 2002, Samuel Vaknin, Terrorists and Freedom Fighters‎:

     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.

   • 2024 November 16, Dave Rich, “The violence in Amsterdam showed just how polarising – and radicalising – the Middle East conflict has been”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     In the city centre far from the stadium, what the mayor, Femke Halsema, has described as violent “hit and run” attacks on Israeli supporters by groups of local people took place.

4. (slang, idiomatic) Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.

• (military tactic): guerrilla warfare

hit and run (third-person singular simple present hits and runs, present participle hitting and running, simple past hit and ran, past participle hit and run)

1. (informal) To hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.

   Synonym: (uncommon) hit-skip

2. (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; to engage in a one-night stand.
   • 1977, Loleatta Holloway, “Hit and Run”, in Loleatta (1977 album):

     You can't hit and run / I've got to be number one / Better make up your mind / 'Cause you'll never find a love so divine

3. (poker) To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
4. (backgammon) Synonym of pick and pass.
5. (Internet, slang) To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.
6. (baseball) To leave the base before the batter hits the ball.
   • 1920, Zane Grey, “The Manager of Madden's Hill”, in The Redheaded Outfield‎:

     This manager, in keeping with all other famous managers, believed that batting was the thing which won games. He developed a hard-hitting team. He kept everlastingly at them to hit and run, hit and run.

• snatch and run
• drive-by