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adj. - Designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape.

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Usage examples (8)
  • Watson plays tip-and-run off the next delivery, and the single gives him another excellent half-century.
  • Instead, Iraqis largely waited until their country was overrun and then mounted an insurgency based on tip-and-run attacks and bombings.
  • Boundary shots were going for one with sweepers out. tip-and-run.
  • Two slips, gully, short extra cover - tip-and-run singles apiece from Strauss and Trott.
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