hit-and-run

(hit'n run)

adjective

  1. hitting and then escaping: usually of an automobile driver who flees from the scene of an accident in which he or she is involved
  2. Baseball designating a prearranged play in which a runner on base starts running as the pitch is made and the batter must attempt to hit the ball to protect the runner

See hit-and-run in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Being or involving the driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident, especially one in which a pedestrian or another vehicle has been struck.
  2. Baseball Relating to or being a play in which a base runner starts to run on the pitch and the batter attempts to hit the ball to protect the runner.
  3. Involving or designed for swift specific action or effect: “a day of hit-and-run disturbances by bands of dissident students” (Alfonso Narvaez).

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