hit-and-run

Universal Words adjective [onlybeforenoun] 1 (of a road accident) caused by a driver who does not stop to help: a hit-and-run accident / death * a hit-and-run driver (= one who causes an accident but drives away without helping) 2 (of a military attack) happening suddenly and unexpectedly so that the people attacking can leave quickly without being hurt: hit-and-run raids hit-and-run noun: A boy was killed this morning in a hit-and-run outside his school.