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What (who) is cut and run - definition
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Cut and Run
cut and run
informal
speedily retreat from a difficult situation rather than deal with it. [orig. a naut. phr., meaning 'cut the anchor cable because of an emergency and make sail immediately'.]
Cut and run
Cut and run or cut-and-run is an idiomatic verb phrase meaning to "make off promptly" or to "hurry off". The phrase was in use by the 1700s to describe an act allowing a ship to make sail quickly in an urgent situation, by cutting free an anchor.
Cut and run (disambiguation)
Cut and run is a phrase meaning to "hurry off" typically used pejoratively in politics in reference to withdrawing troops from a conflict.
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Cut and run (disambiguation)
Cut and run is a phrase meaning to "hurry off" typically used pejoratively in politics in reference to withdrawing troops from a conflict.
Cut and run may also refer to:
- Cut and Run (film), a 1985 Italian film
- CUT&RUN (biology), a molecular biology technique
Examples of use of cut and run
1. "Cut and run, cut and run, cut and run, cut and run –– that‘s their phrase," he told Don Imus.
2. I characterize that as cut and run, because I believe it is cut and run.
3. QUESTION: But they don‘t say, "Cut and run." BUSH: Well, they may not use, "Cut and run," but they say, "Date certain," as to when to get out before the job is done; that is cut and run.
4. The inevitable question arose: Won‘t this immediately be branded "cut and run"? "The wording is very clear: It‘s not a cut–and–run strategy," Levin protested.
5. That isn‘t graceful withdrawal, that‘s cut and run.