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hit-and-run definition

☆ 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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