hit and run

Meanings:

1.
General Englishliteral
- To strike a person or object and immediately depart or flee the scene.
2.
English-speaking jurisdictionslegalformal
- The criminal act of causing a traffic collision and deliberately leaving the scene without stopping to acknowledge responsibility or render aid.
3.
United StatesCanadaBaseball-playing countriessportsbaseballtechnical
- A baseball play in which one or more baserunners start to advance before the batter makes contact, relying on the batter to hit the ball so the runners gain an advantage.
4.
Worldwidemilitaryinformal
- A tactic of making brief, mobile strikes against a target followed by immediate withdrawal to avoid effective counterattack.
5.
Colloquial Englishchiefly North Americanslanginformalidiomatic
- Sexual intercourse followed by a rapid departure by one participant; a one-night stand combined with leaving promptly.

Examples:

EN: I got a hit and run driver...
ES: "Tenemos a un conductor que se dio a la fuga."
EN: - You know I'm a hit and run guy.
ES: Sabes que soy un mujeriego.
EN: Ask your pitcher what's The last thing he expected, And he'll tell you A hit and run.
ES: Nadie esperaba que consiguiera dar la vuelta entera.
EN: I'm gonna need 5 or 6 grand to get those games rolling in case we get some hit and run players.
ES: Necesito 5 ó 6 mil para empezar, por si alguien se da a la fuga.
EN: I got a hit and run driver...
ES: "Tenemos a un conductor que se dio a la fuga."
EN: - You know I'm a hit and run guy.
ES: Sabes que soy un mujeriego.
EN: Ask your pitcher what's The last thing he expected, And he'll tell you A hit and run.
ES: Nadie esperaba que consiguiera dar la vuelta entera.
EN: I'm gonna need 5 or 6 grand to get those games rolling in case we get some hit and run players.
ES: Necesito 5 ó 6 mil para empezar, por si alguien se da a la fuga.
EN: All you have is a hit and run.
ES: Lo que te queda es un atropello con fuga.
EN: You think you can hit and run?
ES: ¿Crees que puedes pegar y correr?
EN: Booked him on a hit and run. There was also a drunk-driving charge.
ES: Pues, entre otras cosas, se le acusa de conducir borracho.
EN: Stab his camp, keep his cutthroats busy with hit and run plays. Keep them chasing me for five days.
ES: Ralentizarles con ataques y obligarles a seguirme.
EN: We're in no position to mount a major attack, but we can hit and run.
ES: No estamos en situación de lanzar un ataque, pero sí de dar pequeñas batidas.
EN: He's hit and run, and you know that.
ES: - No es sincero y usted lo sabe.
EN: They hit and run and we get the blame.
ES: Dan el golpe y nos culpan a nosotros.
EN: We've got the guy that did that hit and run last night.
ES: Tenemos al conductor fugitivo de anoche.
EN: - They don't know, hit and run.
ES: - No lo saben. Se dieron a la fuga.
EN: You see, Miss Dennis, if they can twist the opinions of 100,000 people, it's a lead pipe cinch they can twist the facts about a simple hit and run accident.
ES: Ya ve, Srta. Dennis, si ellos pueden distorsionar la opinión de 100.000 personas, es pan comido que puedan tergiversar los datos sobre un simple accidente de atropello y una fuga.
EN: Yeah. His kid was killed by a hit and run?
ES: A su hija la atropellaron.

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