Synonyms

run for it

Idioms

Also, run for one's life. Depart as fast as possible, either to escape danger or to reach something quickly. For example, You'd better run for it before the teacher catches you, or The bully is coming after you—run for your life! The for it in the first term almost certainly means “for one's life”—that is, to save one's life, a usage that can be literal or hyperbolic. Also see for dear life; make a break for it.

Example Sentences

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“Later,” I manage to squeak, and I make a run for it.

From Literature

Once he got to the door, he’d just make a run for it.

From Literature

If only she might climb that moonlight like a ladder and make a run for it!

From Literature

He’d make a run for it if he had to.

From Literature

Instead of making a run for it, he resolves to hunker down until the heat is off.

From The Wall Street Journal

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