hit and run
(legal) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
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What I would do to see Simpsons: Hit and Run and inFamous get remastered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-x...
Location: 1604 W PINHOOK RD/LA RUE FRANCE LAFAYETTE, LA Reason: HIT AND RUN Date/Time: 05/05/2026 14:25
UPDATE | A deputy with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office was arrested over the past weekend on charges including driving under the influence and hit and run. https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/sheriff-fires-picken…
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(legal) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
But why don't you grab your old lady by the feet / And just lay her out in the darkest street / And by morning, she's just another hit and run
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(baseball) A play where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage.
It used it as a launching pad of its hit and run attacks against Yugoslavia with the full—though clandestine—support of the Bulgarian Ministry of War and Fascist Italy.
“Location: 1604 W PINHOOK RD/LA RUE FRANCE LAFAYETTE, LA Reason: HIT AND RUN Date/Time: 05/05/2026 14:25”
— Bluesky· May 2026“UPDATE | A deputy with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office was arrested over the past weekend on charges including driving under the influence and hit and run. https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/sheriff-fires-pickens-co-deputy-following-arrest-seeks-sled-review/”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(military) The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
In the city centre far from the stadium, what the mayor, Femke Halsema, has described as violent “hit and run” attacks on Israeli supporters by groups of local people took place.
“What I would do to see Simpsons: Hit and Run and inFamous get remastered. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl-x...”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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