tip and run

1 of 2

noun

British

: a game similar to cricket in which a batsman is required to run each time he touches a bowled ball with his bat

tip-and-run

2 of 2

adjective

chiefly British

: characterized by bolting immediately upon striking

a heavy bomb from a tip-and-run raider scored a direct hit

—O. S. Nock

sallied to make tip-and-run assaults

—Manchester Guardian Weekly

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tip and run

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