Sentence examples for cut and ran from inspiring English sources

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Cut and run.

If people cut and run, they take what they can get and leave before they lose everything.

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"He cut and ran," Bush shot back.

Blood oozed up through the cut and ran down along the side of the head.

"So he kind of cut and ran, I suppose, when the going got tough from their point of view.

America cut and ran from Laos, and the Communists swallowed up the little kingdom, just as they did neighboring Vietnam.

In Arab eyes, the marines simply cut and ran from Lebanon when the Syrians and their Lebanese allies made the cost of staying too high.

He was joined, somewhat unexpectedly, by former Florida governor Jeb Bush – who charged that Rubio "cut and ran" from his own bill when faced with resistance from conservatives.

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Time to cut and run.

"We cannot just cut and run.

This is cut and run".

Should we cut and run?

"We can't just cut and run".

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