tip and run

noun

a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball

adjective tip-and-run

(prenominal) characterized by a rapid departure immediately after striking a tip-and-run raid

Words nearby tip and run

tinworks, tiny, tiny tim, tio tom, tip, tip and run, tip of the iceberg, tip off, tip one's hand, tip sheet, tip the balance

Example sentences from the Web for tip and run

  • We must needs live a tip-and-run life,—do our work, and return to safety behind submarine defences.

    'Green Balls' |Paul Bewsher

  • "Tip-and-run tactics" had no supporters in the British Air Service.

    A Lively Bit of the Front |Percy F. Westerman

  • And I'm awfully sorry it had to be tip-and-run, but there wasn't anything else for it at the time.

    The Tower of Oblivion |Oliver Onions

  • Therein lay the reason for the tip-and-run nature of the raids, which lasted for a few minutes only.

    The Crisis of the Naval War |John Rushworth Jellicoe