Thesaurus / cut and run
FEEDBACKHow to use cut and run in a sentence
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSA few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONBut if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTShe also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTThe controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONAt the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSIt occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEWhen these last words of his were interpreted to her, she started, made as if she would run after him, but checked herself.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONMy thought was to keep pushing in troops from "W" Beach until the enemy had fallen back to save themselves from being cut off.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWORDS RELATED TO CUT AND RUN
- abscond
- amble
- barrel
- beat it
- bolt
- bound
- bustle
- canter
- career
- clear out
- course
- cut and run
- dart
- dash
- decamp
- depart
- dog it
- escape
- flee
- flit
- fly
- gallop
- go like lightning
- hasten
- hie
- hotfoot
- hurry
- hustle
- jog
- leg it
- light out
- lope
- make a break
- make off
- make tracks
- pace
- race
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scorch
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shag
- shoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- skitter
- smoke
- speed
- spring
- sprint
- spurt
- take flight
- take off
- tear
- tear out
- travel
- trot
- whisk
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