cut and run

== English == === Verb === cut and run (third-person singular simple present cuts and runs, present participle cutting and running, simple past cut and ran, past participle cut and run) (nautical) To cut the anchor cable and not wait to weigh it. (by extension) To hurry away; to escape. (military) To abandon a position as quickly as possible. ==== Derived terms ==== cut-and-run === References === The Elements and Practice of Rigging, Seamanship, and Naval Tactics, by David Steel, 1974. The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea, Oxford University Press, 1976. “cut and run”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.