hit-and-run driver
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhit-and-runanddriver
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hit-and-run
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌhɪt.ənˈrʌn/us/ˌhɪt.ənˈrʌn/
A hit-and-run road accident is one in which the driver who caused the accident drives away without helping the other people involved and without telling ...
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driver
noun[C]
uk/ˈdraɪ.vər/us/ˈdraɪ.vɚ/
someone who drives ...
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(Definition ofhit-and-runanddriverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is a reference to thehit-and-rundriver.
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Or the damage may have been caused by ahit-and-rundriver.
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It was ahit-and-rundriver, who in my judgment commits a serious crime.
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An obvious example is when one is injured by ahit-and-rundriver.
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Furthermore, the offence of failing to stop after an accident—which may seem fairly innocuous—covers the much more serious case of thehit-and-rundriver.
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Surely it is the type ofhit-and-rundriverwhom we are thinking about.
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Their stepdaughter was run over by ahit-and-rundriverin a stolen car some months ago.
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Under this agreement, the bureau agreed, subject to certain conditions, to pay compensation where the accident had occurred because of ahit-and-rundriver—a driver who could not be traced.
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When she is released towards the end of the episode, she is run over by ahit-and-rundriverand dies.
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Hit-and-run drivers sometimes take the police many months to apprehend.
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Pregnant women have been knocked down, and hit-and-run drivers have disappeared, and the police have had no powers to deal with such offences.
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It is not easy to deal with hit-and-run drivers and the difficulties will be even greater if the amendment is accepted.
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By the nature of the offence it is not usually possible to determine whether hit-and-run drivers have more than the permitted amount of alcohol in their bodies.
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