Meaning of make a break for it | Babel Free

Definitions

To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.

idiomatic

Examples

“"By Gar! it was as well that he made a break for it before the note reached us! I guess he won't show his face in this valley again."”

“To restrain runaways who are too fragile to survive on the outside, Administrator Edward Farmilant of Chicago's Somerset nursing home gave the front door guard pictures of 36 patients who might make a break for it.”

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