make a run for it

Example Sentences

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Evolutionarily, triggering the sympathetic nervous system or “fight or flight” response was helpful for survival when human beings were threatened by wild animals or needed to make a run for it.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2024

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

Abdullahi suggested that he could make a run for it out of the building.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2017

Many of his soldiers looked so demoralized that they were liable to make a run for it and desert.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques