cut and run

Definitions

1. 1

   To cut the anchor cable and not wait to weigh it.

2. 2

   To hurry away

   To hurry away; to escape.

   • “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.
3. 3

   To abandon a position as quickly as possible.

   • 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.

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