"hit-and-run" meaning in English

See hit-and-run in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hit-and-run (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hit-and-run-en-adj-SfDnml-Z

Noun

Forms: hit-and-runs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hit-and-run (countable and uncountable, plural hit-and-runs)
  1. Alternative spelling of hit and run Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: hit and run
    Sense id: en-hit-and-run-en-noun-j~p0n3sj Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 82

Inflected forms

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