adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hit-and-run accident (= when someone is hit by a driver who does not stop )
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A woman is fighting for her life after a hit-and-run accident.
a hit-and-run driver (= in which a car driver hits someone and does not stop )
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The boy was in hospital after being knocked down by a hit-and-run driver.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each has a Breda Bofors gun and an Aloutte 3 helicopter; both possess the range for hit-and-run raids to the Falklands.
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It has generally been much more effective in forming the musical sensibilities of clergy than hit-and-run visits to theological colleges.
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Last night police appealed for help to catch the hit-and-run riders.