run a mile

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run a mile (informal)

if you say that someone would run a mile if they had to deal with a particular situation, you mean that they would do anything to avoid it. He flirts the whole time but it's not serious - he'd run a mile if a woman actually made him an offer.

See also: mile, run

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Young Jerry very well knew what it would be; but, when he saw it, and saw his honoured parent about to wrench it open, he was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context He would have liked to run a mile or two and jump a few gates. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context More results

References in classic literature

Young Jerry very well knew what it would be; but, when he saw it, and saw his honoured parent about to wrench it open, he was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

He would have liked to run a mile or two and jump a few gates.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

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