"cut-and-run" meaning in All languages combined

See cut-and-run on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cut-and-runs [plural]
Etymology: From cut and run. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cut-and-run (plural cut-and-runs)
  1. A hurried escape or abandonment.
    Sense id: en-cut-and-run-en-noun-YJbl7-xD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From cut and run.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cut-and-runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cut-and-run (plural cut-and-runs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 19, Simon Tisdall, “Donald Trump’s ‘peace agreement’ is a betrayal of Afghanistan and its people”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "And Trump’s unprincipled cut-and-run betrays Afghan women’s groups and civil society activists whose precious gains, in terms of personal freedoms, education, healthcare and travel, may be trampled in the rush for the exit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 23, Sam Jones, “Alleged Costa del Sol cryptocurrency con artist arrested”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "At the end of June, however, Hodlife investors discovered their money had disappeared and realised they had been conned. The “rug pull” – or cut-and-run – led the Guardia Civil to open an investigation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hurried escape or abandonment."
      ],
      "id": "en-cut-and-run-en-noun-YJbl7-xD",
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "abandonment",
          "abandonment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cut-and-run"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From cut and run.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cut-and-runs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cut-and-run (plural cut-and-runs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 19, Simon Tisdall, “Donald Trump’s ‘peace agreement’ is a betrayal of Afghanistan and its people”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "And Trump’s unprincipled cut-and-run betrays Afghan women’s groups and civil society activists whose precious gains, in terms of personal freedoms, education, healthcare and travel, may be trampled in the rush for the exit.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 November 23, Sam Jones, “Alleged Costa del Sol cryptocurrency con artist arrested”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "At the end of June, however, Hodlife investors discovered their money had disappeared and realised they had been conned. The “rug pull” – or cut-and-run – led the Guardia Civil to open an investigation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hurried escape or abandonment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
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          "abandonment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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