tip and run
/tɪp ən rʌn/
noun
- A type of attack or operation in which the participants strike quickly and then withdraw immediately.
- The team's strategy was a classic tip-and-run, hitting the target and disappearing.
- The general planned a tip-and-run to disrupt the supply lines.
- Historians studied the tip-and-run as an effective guerrilla tactic.
adjective
- Describing a quick, surprise attack or action, especially in military or sports contexts, where the person or group strikes and then immediately retreats.
- The soldiers carried out a tip-and-run raid on the enemy camp at dawn.
- The rebels used tip-and-run tactics to avoid a direct confrontation.
- In cricket, a tip-and-run shot can catch the fielders off guard.
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