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run for it

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run for it
to escape by running. (See also swim for it.) The dogs were coming after me fast. There was nothing I could do but run for it. I ran for it when I saw the police coming.
See also: run

(make a) run for it
to hurry away from something We'd better run for it or we'll get wet. After a few days in the prison camp, Riney decided to make a run for it.
See also: run


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