- A taxi ran over his foot and seriously damaged his leg and knee. It was a hit and run.
- I would expect my employer to fire me if I was in a hit and run and fled the scene.
- This wasn't a hit and run and we have been speaking with the driver of the vehicle.
- He was a cab-driver who couldn't get insurance because he has a hit and run on his record.
- You are covered for uninsured losses such as hit and runs.
Meaning of hit and run in English
hit-and-run adjective [before noun] (ACCIDENT)
hit-and-run accident He struck and killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.
- accidentAn accident on the M11 is blocking traffic in a northerly direction.
- collisionPolice responded to the collision and closed the road.
- head-onBoth drivers were injured in the head-on collision.
- shuntUK My insurance company refused to pay out after my little shunt.
- crashA serious crash on the motorway yesterday led to its closure for two hours.
- car crashHe died in a car crash.
hit-and-run adjective [before noun] (MILITARY)
hit-and-run noun [C] (ACCIDENT)
hit-and-run noun [C] (BASEBALL)
hit-and-run | American Dictionary
hit-and-run
adjective
us/ˈhɪt·ənˈrʌn/hit-and-run adjective (ACCIDENT)
Examples of hit and run
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There were relatively few pitched battles during the 1990s because rebels preferred hit-and-run tactics.
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The desire for accountability in the classic hit-and-run, or in a fraud committed by a total stranger, is seldom of this fourth type.
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We are talking about young people—mainly, young males—acquiring fireworks with hooligan intentions and using them in what are essentially hit-and-run crimes.
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That is a reference to the hit-and-run driver.
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Or the damage may have been caused by a hit-and-run driver.
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It was a hit-and-run driver, who in my judgment commits a serious crime.
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One chief constable has suggested that lowering the limit, particularly with a high penalty, would increase the number of hit-and-run cases.
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I shall also be taking action on hit-and-run offences and on the problem of high-risk offenders.
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Information on the location of hit-and-run accidents and the number of casualties involved is not available.
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An obvious example is when one is injured by a hit-and-run driver.
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Pregnant women have been knocked down, and hit-and-run drivers have disappeared, and the police have had no powers to deal with such offences.
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He referred to the hit-and-run case and to the forgery cases.
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How are we going to stop these hit-and-run bombers?
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He said that there were a few cases of hit-and-run, where insurance did not apply, and that this scheme ought to apply in those cases.
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Furthermore, the offence of failing to stop after an accident—which may seem fairly innocuous—covers the much more serious case of the hit-and-run driver.
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Translations of hit and run
in Spanish
atropello con fuga, accidente en el que el conductor se da a la fuga, que atropella a alguien y se da a la fuga…
