Hit-and-run means involving a driver who leaves the scene after a crash. A hit-and-run collision.
Leaving is a separate offence from the crash and is often the more serious one. A hit-and-run is treated harshly because the delay can cost somebody their life.
1adjectivehit-and-runInvolving a driver who leaves the scene after a crash.
“The hit-and-run driver was found from one broken mirror.”
hit-and-run is a quality.