tip and run
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Any kid knows that if you grab a lizard by its tail, it can snap off the tip and run away.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 30, 2015
In the western orchards was the large French cemetery, and hard by that of our own division, adjoining a cricket pitch, where we had many spirited games of tip and run.
From The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) by Cruttwell, C. R. M. F. (Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser)
It was here that they two, with George always as a welcome third, used to play "tip and run" and "hide and seek" with the then little children.
From What Timmy Did by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
You take my tip and run down, Gaunt.
From The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
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