Meaning of make a run for it | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
   idiomatic
2. To run so as to avoid being late.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“An explosion! All’s over—I have⟳ nothing to do but to make⟳ a run⟳ for it.”

“[W]e got ourselves at once in marching order⟳, and began to slip⟳ from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our bellies in the shade, now making a run⟳ for it, heart in mouth.”

“Nannie Slagg, terrified at this suggestion, raised her little bony hands to her mouth and raised her shoulders to her ears. Then she gave one frightened look⟳ down the passage and was about to make⟳ a run⟳ for it [...]”

“[...] he began to go over in his mind⟳ the many occasions on which he had heard that toll coming faintly down the breeze, and had to pack⟳ his rod in a hurry⟳ and make⟳ a run⟳ for it, to get⟳ in before the gates were shut⟳.”

“1964, John Nathan (translator), A Personal Matter⟳ by Kenzaburō Ōe, New York: Grove Press⟳, 1969, Chapter 5, p. 83, In the depths of his body, Bird felt the beginning of an irrepressible and certain crisis. … Could he make⟳ it in time if he charged in that direction? But how much better to ride⟳ the crisis out without having to make⟳ a run⟳ for it.”

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