cut and run
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“I just say it’s curious, that’s all. Here’s a young man who ought to cut and run, but he doesn’t cut and run. He stays here, and gives us every facility for comparing footmarks.”"
- "Gap, the US clothing giant, will not "cut and run" when an international textile agreement ends next year, threatening the closure of hundreds of factories in the developing world, the company's chief executive said last night."
- "Calls to cut and run without paying a penny in the Brexit settlement are unlawful and unethical."
- "They held on as long as they could, but when the heavy artillery fire started, they had to cut and run."
- "The President laid out the scenario we face if the United States decides to cut and run."
- "Mr Blair promised that the UK would not "cut and run". "Don't be under any doubts at all, British troops remain until the job is done and that job is moving up the Iraqi capabilities so that, for example, in Basra Iraqi forces can carry out the security work.""
Inflected Forms
cuts and runs (present, singular)
cutting and running (participle, present)
cut and ran (past)