hit and run
Collision without accountability
Hit and run describes leaving the scene after causing harm—typically a driver fleeing after a traffic accident: The cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run.
The phrase extends to any quick strike followed by immediate retreat: hit-and-run tactics, hit-and-run raids.
In baseball, a hit and run is a play where a baserunner starts running as the pitch is thrown, trusting the batter to make contact.
Forceful contact between objects
- fleeingRapid escape from danger
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- victimOne harmed by another
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
driver · reckless · damage · witness · fatal · injury · uninsured · police
collision
Forceful contact between objects
pedestrian · driver · reckless · damage · witness · fatal · injury · uninsured · police · investigation
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
incursion · tactic · harassment · insurgent · commando · sabotage · retreat · strike · sortie · partisan
batter
Uncooked cake mixture
advance · sacrifice · infield · grounder · signal · squeeze · baserunning · execution · batting · pitch
- crashesaccident, collision, crash, head-on collision, pileup
- traffic lawstraffic laws, speed limit, speed limits, traffic law, traffic rules
- traffic offensesspeeding, drunk driving, DUI, DWI, reckless driving
- traffic violationsDUI, DWI, speeding, drunk driving, reckless driving
- auto crimescar theft, auto theft, carjacking, grand theft auto, stolen car
- collisionshead-on, rear-end, sideswipe, T-bone, broadside
hit and runtaking responsibility
owning up · admitting fault · doing the right thing · making amends · standing one's ground
run, hit, runner, running, hitting, runs, hits, overrun, outrun