make a break for
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Plotkin, executive director of Temple Israel, said that as his office filled with smoke he decided to make a break for the exit.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Even people who are in the country legally have tried to make a break for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Before then, there is a brief chase with an errant dog who has decided now is the time to make a break for it down a hill.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
News accounts of the presumed efforts of the animals to make a break for it are widespread in the media.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 4, 2022
“Well, don’t sit there dwaalmg, Tendai. Let’s make a break for it.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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