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Husker Hailmary 

The brilliant battle tactic employed by Commander William "Husker" Adama in the 3rd season episode "Exodus pt. 2" of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series. In a bold attempt to rescue the human colonists on New Caprica, Adama jumps the Galactica into the atmosphere directly above the settlement, causing it to "drop like a rock." This lets them by-pass Cylon orbital defenses. Just before hitting the ground, the ship launches a squad of vipers right before jumping back out into orbit again. The Galactica takes heavy damage as it shoots like a fiery comet toward the ground, but the tactic pays off and enables the colonists to escape the planet's surface.
Cylon child: Mommy mommy! I had a nightmare that a battlestar was falling from the sky in a ball of flames and it was spitting out planes like bullets and the world was coming to an end and then suddenly....it was gone. And the smoke in the sky seemed to spell out "Husker Hailmary."

Cylon parent: Don't worry sweetheart. Spaceships can't do those things and there isn't a commander in the universe who could ever pull off a stunt like that. Or is there?
Husker Hailmary by Mr. Crumbles October 23, 2006

hail-Mary hand-in 

Your teacher has assigned several homework assignments whose due-dates are spaced out over the course of the semester. You don't bother to do any of them. The night before the final, you realize what a mistake that was, and you hurriedly do all of the homework assignments in succession. On entering the final exam, you plop the lot of them on the teacher's desk, unceremoniously and without explanation. This hail-Mary hand-in subsequently becomes an object of incredulity and amusement among your teacher's colleagues.
Can you believe that Dwayne D. pulled a hail-Mary hand-in on me at the final? He must be delusional.
hail-Mary hand-in by schlouk March 6, 2012

hail mary text 

A text message sent as a final act of desperation before accepting the person isn't interested in you
girl: He hasn't responded to me the past two weeks, but I'll send a hail mary text just to be sure
hail mary text by Regina__Phalange December 5, 2016

hail mary pass 

A pass made at someone in a last desperate attempt to win their heart
After repeated rejections, Ken made a hail Mary pass at Meghan who'd already told him she'd rather drink battery acid than go out with him. hail Mary, desperate attempt, forlorn effort, last ditch try
hail mary pass by Michaeladt April 30, 2016

hail Mary 

A last ditch effort.
With two seconds left on the game clock, Roger Staubauk threw a hail Mary pass to Drew Person, his fellow team mate, who caught the ball in the end zone to beat the Vikings.
hail Mary by Richard Black March 11, 2005

Tim’s Hail Mary 

When you take a shit in a Tim Hortons, pick it up and throw it at the cashier
My double double wasnt made correctly so I sent her a Tim’s Hail Mary
Tim’s Hail Mary by Vcsm June 7, 2018