make a run for it

Example Sentences

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Zac Steele, Troup County’s emergency management director, said the storm damaged the enclosures, allowing the tigers an opportunity to make a run for it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2023

The brothers decided to make a run for it with their families—and their most precious specimens.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2022

Some birds of prey have even been seen picking up burning sticks, dropping them to start a new fire, and pouncing on the creatures who then make a run for it.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2019

I think in his mind the Nazis were going to come again and he wanted to have a kit ready in case we had to make a run for it.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2019

A few feet away from him, as his right foot is stepping off the curb and his head is looking both ways to make a run for it, I stop because it’s gone.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali