hit-and-run

hit-and-run
I. adjective Date: 1899 1. being or relating to a hit-and-run in baseball 2. being or involving a motor-vehicle driver who does not stop after being involved in an accident 3. involving or intended for quick specific action or results <
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II. noun Date: 1904 a baseball play calling for a runner on first to begin running as a pitch is delivered and for the batter to attempt to hit the pitch III. intransitive verb Date: 1966 to execute a hit-and-run play in baseball

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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