Cut and run (5)
This clue might be a double definition.
'cut' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'run' is the second definition.
(synonyms)
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scarper that I've seen before include "Run away (sl.)" , "Run away (colloq.)" , "bolt" , "Vamoose" , "Clear off!" .)
I believe this is a double definition.
'cut' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'run' is the second definition.
(synonyms)
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for operate that I've seen before include "Cause to function" , "Work, function" , "Perform surgery or run a machine" , "Control, run, a machine say" , "Act in a theatre" .)
(Other definitions for score that I've seen before include "Deeply scratch" , "Twenty; scratch" , "obtain illegal drugs ..." , "Reckoning" , "Notch; twenty" .)
'cut and run' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for turn tail that I've seen before include "retreat" , "escape" , "Cut and run" , "Take flight with reversed appendage" , "Reverse direction and flee" .)