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: being or relating to a hit-and-run in baseball
2
: being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident
3
: involving or intended for quick specific action or results
a hit-and-run raid
: a baseball play calling for a runner on first to begin running as a pitch is delivered and for the batter to attempt to hit the pitch
hit-and-ran; hitting-and-running; hit-and-runs
: to execute a hit-and-run play in baseball
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Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
One person was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the Denver Police Department.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Although it was initially dubbed a hit-and-run, the evidence never sat well with state investigators or the Smith family.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
The army has returned to several areas of Gaza multiple times after previous operations, as Hamas continues to carry out hit-and-run attacks on troops and fire occasional rockets into Israel.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
One person was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to the Denver Police Department.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Daniels also pleaded guilty to destruction of property, hit-and-run and reckless driving charges connected to the March 22, 2021, crash at the Verizon store in the Potomac Yard neighborhood.
—Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
Although it was initially dubbed a hit-and-run, the evidence never sat well with state investigators or the Smith family.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
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“Hit-and-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-and-run. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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