What is Cut And Run?
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Originally a nautical term. When a sailing ship faced danger and needed to depart quickly, the rigging and anchor would be cut and the ship would run with the wind. More recently it has come to mean desert, retreat, or run away.
"When we were all out in the raw air and were steadily moving towards our business, I treasonably whispered to Joe, 'I hope, Joe, we shan't find them.' and Joe whispered to me, 'I'd give a shilling if they had cut and run, Pip."
Charles Dickens in Great Expectations
"The United States doesn't cut and run. When we make a commitment, we keep our commitments" President G.W. Bush (March, 2006)
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2.
(verb phrase) to expel intestinal gas ("
Bush43: if we cut and run them terrists win
Colbert: Smells like "Mission Accomplished", Sir!
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A Republican term that has become popularized recently. It occurs when a Republican lynch mob hangs a black man and then cuts the body down before running away.
A stern opponent of the cut and run strategy, Sean Hannity supports leaving dead black people up on the tree so that other black people will vote Republican out of fear.
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