make a break for

1. Also, make a run for. Run toward something. For example, As soon as it ended, they made a break for the door, or I'll have to make a run for the plane. The noun break here means “escape,” and both terms may be put as, meaning “to escape or get away quickly.” For example, With the guards asleep, he decided to make a break for it, or The rain's stopped; let's make a run for it. [c. 1840]

Example Sentences

I have two choices: stay here and lose my fingers, or make a break for it.

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Better just to make a break for it.

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It’s a festive reminder that even in law enforcement, sometimes the weirdest calls are the ones you don’t expect — and in October, it might just be your Halloween decorations trying to make a break for it.

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Even people who are in the country legally have tried to make a break for it.

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Tired of waiting, and of wondering where all that water came from, they decided to make a break for it.

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