# hit and run

phrase

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/hit-and-run
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A road accident in which a driver hits someone and then drives away without stopping to help or take responsibility.

## Examples

- The old man was injured in a hit-and-run, and the driver never stopped.
- Police are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run outside the school last night.
- After the hit-and-run, witnesses scrambled to note the license plate as the car sped off, leaving the cyclist bleeding in the road.

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