tip and run

noun

1. a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball

adjective

1. prenominal characterized by a rapid departure immediately after striking

   a tip-and-run raid

Example Sentences

Therein lay the reason for the tip-and-run nature of the raids, which lasted for a few minutes only.

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We must needs live a tip-and-run life,—do our work, and return to safety behind submarine defences.

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And I'm awfully sorry it had to be tip-and-run, but there wasn't anything else for it at the time.

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Fifteen miles to the south our Nieuports would be waiting for the next tip-and-run call to flight.

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"Tip-and-run tactics" had no supporters in the British Air Service.

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