Usually means: Leaving accident scene without stopping.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word hit and run:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit-and-run: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit-and-run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit-and-run: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hit-and-run, hit-and-run: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hit-and-run: Vocabulary.com
  6. hit-and-run: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hit-and-run, hit and run: Wiktionary
  8. hit-and-run: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hit-and-run: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hit-and-run, hit and run: Dictionary.com
  11. hit-and-run: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Hit and Run (Girlschool album), Hit and Run (Modern Family), Hit and Run (NCIS), Hit and Run (T.S.O.L. album), Hit and Run (novel), Hit-and-run, Hit-and-run (baseball), Hit and run (baseball), Hit and run (disambiguation), Hit and run (vehicular), Hit and run: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. hit-and-run: Rhymezone
  14. hit-and-run: FreeDictionary.org
  15. hit-and-run: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. hit-and-run: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. hit and run: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. hit and run: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. hit-and-run, hit and run: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hit and run, hit-and-run: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit and run, hit and run, hit and run: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Hit and Run: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hit and Run: Dan's Poker
  2. Hit and Run: Backgammon
  3. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hit and run)

noun:  (law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
noun:  (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.
noun:  (military) The tactic of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
noun:  (slang, idiomatic) Sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; a one-night stand.
verb:  (informal) To hit something or someone with a vehicle and leave the scene of the incident.
verb:  (slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To engage in sexual intercourse followed by a prompt departure; to engage in a one-night stand.
verb:  (poker) To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
verb:  (backgammon) Synonym of pick and pass
verb:  (Internet, slang) To download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g., BitTorrent) without seeding.
verb:  (baseball) To leave the base before the batter hits the ball.

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